The exile of German intellectuals to the United States after 1933

di Claus-Dieter Krohn
in Memoria e Ricerca n.s. 31 (2009), p. 13

The exile of German intellectuals after Hitler took power was the largest transfer of skills and talents that ever occurred in modern and contemporary times. German scientists, settled in an American environment which welcomed them, developed a series of analysis on the transformation of society, economy and the future of democracy, that had a great impact on various sectors of the US culture, ensuring to the country a primacy in various fields of knowledge for a long time.