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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Richardson, Malcolm L. |
| Title, Analytic | Abraham Flexner, American Philanthropy and Weimar Germany |
| Journal Title | Yearbook of the Society for German-American Studies |
| Date of Publication | 2020 |
| Volume ID | 55 |
| Location in Work | 77-103 |
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| Abstract | Abraham Flexner is well-known to historians of education and philanthropy for his influential career as an educational reformer and foundation administrator, but his advocacy on behalf of German universities and his leadership in restoring U.S.-German intellectual ties after the First World War have received comparatively little attention. In the 1920s Flexner became one of the leading advocates for American philanthropic investment in Germany. Although he devoted most of his energies to persuading his colleagues at the Rockefeller Foundation to include Weimar Germany in their plans for postwar Europe, he also worked behind the scenes to encourage individual philanthropists—including Julius Rosenwald, Alanson B. Houghton and John D. Rockefeller, Jr.— to make financial commitments to German universities and scientific organizations.” |
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Call Number | Digital file |
| MKI Terms | Philanthropy/ 20th century/ Germany/ Education/ German influence/ Jews, German |