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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Hoecherl-Alden, Gisela |
| Title, Analytic | Cloaks and Gowns: Germanists for the United States War Effort |
| Journal Title | Yearbook of German-American Studies |
| Date of Publication | 1997 |
| Volume ID | 32 |
| Location in Work | 143-151 |
| Abstract | During the second World War it became evident that the radical decrease in German language instruction since 1917 had caused a dire shortage of fluent German speakers in the United States -- except for the anti-facist refugees from Central Europe. The exiled intellectuals' intelligence and other activities for the war effort eventually secured their American citizenship. Many also thus gained access into American universities and their leftist orientation was overlooked. |
| Call Number | MKI periodicals |
| MKI Terms | World War, 1939-1945/ Germanists (US)/ Germans/ Refugees, political (US)/ Language, German |