The citation there [1; pdf] has some additional information. I'm sure Courant was persecuted for being Jewish (see e.g. the discussion in that same document ab

The citation there [1; pdf] has some additional information. I'm sure Courant was persecuted for being Jewish (see e.g. the discussion in that same document about how Landau was treated), but it seems to have not been the official reason for his dismissal. [1] http://irma.math.unistra.fr/~schappa/NSch/Publications_files/1991b_Landau.pdf http://irma.math.unistra.fr/~schappa/NSch/Publications_files...