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> It was on the rise until Hitler physically liquidated the intelligentsia. That's not true. Hitler didn't liquidate the intelligentsia. The first programmabl

> It was on the rise until Hitler physically liquidated the intelligentsia. That's not true. Hitler didn't liquidate the intelligentsia. The first programmable computer ( by konrad zuse ) was created during that time. The first rockets were developed during that time. Hitler didn't wipe out all the nobel prize winners in germany. Germany was still a major intellectual center before, during and AFTER ww2. Germany is still the 3rd largest producer of nobel prize winners with 106. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Nobel_laureates_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Nobel_lau... Germany didn't go anywhere. Hitler isn't germany. Hitler is just a blip in german history.

dgut 9y ago
Why the downvotes? He is right. The reason Germany, England, and France (Spain didn't catch up because they had no reason to as a negative consequence of their enormous wealth at the time) excelled to such extent that this particular period appears like a very special and wonderful intellectual age, is that the rest of the world was for the most part severely under-developed. Germany didn't become less "wise". Today the contrast is much smaller, but Germany continues to be a scientific powerhouse even if it isn't as evident.
herbst 9y ago
No idea how you are reading this but Germany is on 11 for me. However thanks for linking, didn't know Switzerland is 2 Edit:// just realized you were going by numbers and not by capita