Moritz Schlick's final years
pp. 194-199
in: , Reminiscences of the Vienna circle and the mathematical colloquium, Berlin, Springer, 1994Abstract
In 1933 the year of Hitler's coming to power in Germany there were periods, when life in Vienna was almost intolerable. The newspapers published extras around the clock and vendors ran shouting through the streets offering the latest editions. Groups of young people, many wearing swastikas, marched along the sidewalks singing Nazi songs. Now and then, members of one of the rival paramilitary groups paraded through the wider avenues. I found it almost impossible to concentrate and rushed out hourly to buy the latest extra. On one of these days, I met Dr. and Mrs. Schlick in a street car. "It is impossible to concentrate," the professor said, "I read extras from morning to night."