Thousands of German Jewish academics were fired. Among them was Emmy Noether, who had fought so hard to become an academic at Göttingen. In April 1933, she received a notice from the Prussian Ministry for Sciences, Art, and Public Education: “With reference to paragraph 3 of the statutes for professional civil servants of April 7, 1933, I herewith withdraw your permission to teach at the University of Göttingen.”
