Herausragende Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler, die von den Nationalsozialisten nach dem "Anschluss" Österreichs 1938 verfolgt und vertrieben wurden, geben Einblick in ihre traumatischen Kindheits- und Jugenderfahrungen und wie Flucht und Vertreibung ihr wissenschaftliches Leben geprägt haben.



- Lotte Bailyn

- Eugene Braunwald

- Hanna Engelberg-Kulka

- Gerald Holton

- Eric Kandel

- Martin Karplus

- Herbert C. Kelman

- Ruth Klüger

- Walter Kohn

- George Mandler

- Walter Mischel

- Walter Munk

- Gustav F. Papanek

- Marjorie G. Perloff

- Peter Pulzer

- Egon Schwarz  Eminent scientists and scholars who were persecuted by the Nazis following the "annexation" of Austria in 1938 and were forced to leave the country shed light on these traumatic experiences at a young age and give an insight into how forced migration and displacement have shaped their research and live in academia.



- Lotte Bailyn

- Eugene Braunwald

- Hanna Engelberg-Kulka

- Gerald Holton

- Eric Kandel

- Martin Karplus

- Herbert C. Kelman

- Ruth Klüger

- Walter Kohn

- George Mandler

- Walter Mischel

- Walter Munk

- Gustav F. Papanek

- Marjorie G. Perloff

- Peter Pulzer

- Egon Schwarz 

A film by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, directed by Frederick Baker and based on an idea by Anton Zeilinger 

The Class of ´38. Exile and Excellence

Frederick Baker

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