{"id":34580,"date":"2022-07-05T15:25:36","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T13:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asta.rwth-aachen.de\/theodore-von-karman\/"},"modified":"2022-07-05T15:25:38","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T13:25:38","slug":"theodore-von-karman","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.asta.rwth-aachen.de\/en\/theodore-von-karman\/","title":{"rendered":"Theodore von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||6px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Theodore von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;2_3,1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]The name K\u00e1rm\u00e1n or von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n is probably familiar to most students and members of RWTH Aachen University. Among other things, a lecture hall complex, a dormitory, streets, and a moon and Mars crater are named after him. But who was von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n in the first place, how did he achieve international fame, and what is his relationship to RWTH?<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Biographical key data and university beginnings<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Theodore von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n was born in Budapest in 1881 and grew up there. Around the turn of the century, he studied mechanical engineering at the University of Polytechnics and Economics in Budapest. He then worked as an assistant at the university and as an engineer at Ganz &#038; Co, an electric motor and generator company.<\/p>\n<p>In 1906, thanks to a scholarship, he was able to move to the University of G\u00f6ttingen to work with Ludwig Prandtl (professor at the University of G\u00f6ttingen). There he obtained his doctorate with his thesis on buckling strength. Two years later he completed his habilitation in mechanics and thermodynamics. In 1911 he published his best-known work on the K\u00e1rm\u00e1n vortex street named after him. In 1913, he then accepted a call to the TH Aachen to head the Institute of Mechanics and Aeronautical Aerodynamics there. He also took over the management of the newly established Aerodynamic Institute.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>During the First World War<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>With the beginning of World War I, von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n was drafted into the Austro-Hungarian army. He was put in charge of a research laboratory near Budapest. Here he was involved, among other things, in the construction of so-called tethered helicopters, which were to be used for enemy observation. This succeeded in test flights, but not in demonstration. Through his time in the Austro-Hungarian army, von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n came into contact with military research and promotion for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>After the end of World War I, von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n returned to Aachen in 1919 and continued to devote himself to his research. In the following years, he wrote papers on strength, fluid mechanics, aeronautical engineering and gliding. This was at least not expressly forbidden by the Treaty of Versailles.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;2_3,1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]Due to the war, there was hardly any contact with foreign scientists. Von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n tried to establish contacts. He initiated, for example, a conference on mechanics in Innsbruck, from which the International Mechanics Congress and later the International Association for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) emerged. <\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Denunciation, dismissal and emigration<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In 1926, he was invited by Robert A. Millikan to Pasadena, California, to advise engineers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) on the construction of a wind tunnel. After this wind tunnel was completed in 1928, von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n stayed and joined the newly formed Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory (GALCIT) at Caltech. In 1929, he became director of GALCIT. The department gained reputation when numerous airlines used the wind tunnel to test models. In the following years, he spent summer terms in Aachen and winter terms in Pasadena.<\/p>\n<p>During these years, the political and also the higher education political climate in Aachen changed increasingly. One of the most important higher education policy goals of the National Socialists was the &#8220;political Gleichschaltung and Aryanization of the teaching staff.&#8221; By the mid-1930s, more than 1600 scientists had been expelled in Germany. At the RWTH, students were instrumental in these developments.<\/p>\n<p>In Aachen, it was not the National Socialist students who initiated the denunciations of professors and assistants at the university, but the AStA, which at that time was still led by the Waffenring and the Catholic fraternities. On April 6, 1933, the leadership of the German Student Union called for several weeks of antisemitic action in a letter to all student bodies. But the Aachen AStA had already sent a letter of denunciation to Rust, the minister of education, on March 18. In it, they threatened to abandon cooperation with the faculty if the individuals named in the letter did not disappear. The motivation for this letter was not only ideological reasons, but also competition with the NSDStB. The AStA wanted to use such radical actions to show that they too were capable of mobilizing students for the new government.<\/p>\n<p>The Aachen district group of the NS-Lehrerbund reacted to the denunciation letter and criticized it as too &#8220;moderate&#8221;, since the Jewish members of the teaching staff were not mentioned. The AStA then denounced the Marxist and Jewish professors, including von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n, in a supplementary letter to Rust on April 10. This was again on the Aachen AStA&#8217;s own initiative, since the German Student Body did not demand this until a few days later.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;2_3,1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n&#8217;s reaction<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>On April 4, the university received a telegram from K\u00e1rm\u00e1n, who was in Pasadena at the time. In it, he requested his leave of absence for the summer semester of 1933, since his mother was not yet fit to travel. His request was granted by the Prussian Minister for Science, Art and National Education, with the condition that he would resume teaching in the winter semester of 1933\/34 and continue in the summer semester of 1934.<\/p>\n<p>In September 1933, another letter from K\u00e1rm\u00e1n reached the rector. In it he explains that he will not be able to resume his lectures in the winter semester either. Von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n requests an extension of his leave of absence, and in case this should not be possible, his dismissal from the German civil service. The rector of the TH Aachen, Paul R\u00f6ntgen, and the German authorities did not know that von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n had already applied for American citizenship on May 23, 1933.<\/p>\n<p>Von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n&#8217;s faculty, the Faculty of General Sciences, endorsed von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n&#8217;s remaining at the TH in a letter to the rector, and suggested that it would be useful to obtain the assessment of the Ministry of Aviation regarding von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n&#8217;s importance to German aviation. Egon Krause, professor emeritus of fluid mechanics at the RWTH, (and Ulrich Kalkmann, author of &#8220;Die Technische Hochschule Aachen im Dritten Reich,&#8221; among other works) see in this not only an extraordinary esteem for von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n, but &#8220;also a protest &#8211; albeit cautious &#8211; against Nazi-Socialist university policies.&#8221;<br \/>\nDespite the reference to von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n&#8217;s success and importance in the field of aviation expressed by his faculty in Aachen, K\u00e1rm\u00e1n was dismissed from the Prussian civil service during the summer semester of 1934.<\/p>\n<p>However, according to von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n&#8217;s own account, the then head of aeronautical research, Adolf Baeumker, offered him a position as an advisor in the German Aviation Ministry in the same year, but von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n turned it down. This shows how decisive the rearmament-related importance of a scientist was for the way National Socialist policy dealt with him.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;2_3,1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<em><strong>Loss of importance of Aachen aviation<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The final departure of von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n was the reason for a considerable loss of importance of Aachen aviation. The mathematician Otto Blumenthal and the mechanic Ludwig Hopf, who had taken over parts of the teaching in aviation science during K\u00e1rm\u00e1n&#8217;s absence, were also denounced and dismissed. The vacant positions were not really filled for years. Thus, Aachen aerodynamics increasingly lost its importance. Also, Aachen&#8217;s geographic location made it less suitable as a site for German aeronautical research than the other sites under consideration in the event of war.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n&#8217;s fate in the context of expulsion<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Also worth mentioning is the different treatment of Jewish and anti-regime professors on the part of the ministries. Von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n was of great value to the Aviation Ministry, especially with regard to armaments research. He was also in a stronger negotiating position than other university professors, since he already had a foothold and offers in the United States. The situation was different for some of his colleagues, who did not have such opportunities available to them.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Life in the USA<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In the following years, von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n devoted himself entirely to aeronautical research in the USA. He remained director of the Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratories (until 1949), which under his leadership became one of the most important teaching &#038; research institutions in the USA.  During this time he also worked with the aeronautical industry and participated in the creation of the Aerojet Engineering Corporation. Von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n spent much time in Washington, where he was active in an advisory capacity. In 1944, he was commissioned to establish a board of advisors for the U.S. Air Force. These advisors reviewed the state of the U.S. Air Force, made recommendations, and initiated many changes in the Air Force.<br \/>\nBecause of reports of German scientists in 1944 developing rockets for military purposes, Caltech was given the task of producing long-range rockets as well. Thus was born the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, whose first director was von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n. This laboratory became increasingly involved in extraterrestrial research in the 1950s and was taken over by NASA in 1959.<\/p>\n<p>Von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n saw no problem in his research results being used for military purposes. He believed that research and the military could work together and saw military funding as a great opportunity for research. Certainly, these statements must be seen in the context of his expulsion from Germany, since he was motivated, on the one hand, to provide the best possible support to the American military in World War II and, on the other hand, was able to realize much of his research in the United States because of extensive funding and unrestricted contracts.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;2_3,1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]He also continued to pursue international scientific exchange with great interest. For example, he initiated the formation of the Advisory Group for Aeronautical Research and Development (AGARD), a NATO organization for coordination, exchange, and recommendations in aeronautical research. He also founded the International Council for the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS) and the International Astronautical Academy.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;2_3,1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]After World War II ended, von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n returned to Germany with the Allied troops, and saw to it that the outsourced Aerodynamic Institute was moved back to Aachen. In this way, he ensured the continued existence of aerodynamics at RWTH Aachen. In 1956, he took over the management of the Von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n Institute for Fluid Mechanics in Belgium, which was named after him. Von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n died on May 7, 1963, at the age of 81, during a stay at a health resort in Aachen.<\/p>\n<p><em><span dir=\"ltr\">Aachen 29.04.2022<\/span><\/em> (al)<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.asta.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/karman_aktuell.pdf&#8221; button_text=&#8221;Download this document as a PDF&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.asta.rwth-aachen.de\/en\/projekte\/memorials-of-the-rwth\/&#8221; button_text=&#8221;Back to the overview&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><span dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Literature:<\/strong> <\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Hochschularchiv der RWTH Aachen. Professoren\/innen und Dozent\/innen der RWTH (1870-1995). K. K\u00e1rm\u00e1n, Theodor von. Zugegriffen am 2.11.2021 unter https:\/\/www.archiv.rwth-aachen.de\/lehrkoerper\/\/index.htm .<\/p>\n<p>Kalkmann, U. (2003). Die Technische Hochschule Aachen im dritten Reich (1933-1945). Aachen: Wissenschaftsverlag Mainz GmbH Aachen.<\/p>\n<p>Klein, H.-D. (1981). Gro\u00dfer Wirbel um kleinen Mann. Aachen: Aachener Nachrichten Nr. 106.<\/p>\n<p>Krause, E. und Kalkmann, U. (1995). Wissenschaft zwischen technischer und gesellschaftlicher Herausforderung: die Rheinisch-Westf\u00e4lische Technische Hochschule Aachen 1970 \u2013 1995. Theodore von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n. Aachen: Einhard.<\/p>\n<p>Krause, E. (1996). Von K\u00e1rman zwischen Aachen und Pasadena. Abhandlungen aus dem Aerodynamischen Institut der Rhein.-Westf. Technischen Hochschule Aachen. Heft 32. Hochschularchiv Aachen, B 36.<\/p>\n<p>Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, NASA. About JPL. Who We Are. Dr. Theodore von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n (1881-1963). Zugegriffen am 4.1.2022 unter\u00a0 https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/who-we-are\/faces-of-leadership-the-directors-of-jpl\/dr-theodore-von-karman-1881-1963 .<\/p>\n<p>Von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n, T. mit Edson, L. (1968). Die Wirbelstra\u00dfe. Mein Leben f\u00fcr die Luftfahrt. Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aus dem Hochschularchiv:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Briefe des AStA der TH Aachen an das Ministerium f\u00fcr Wissenschaft, Kunst und Volksbildung vom 18.3.1933 und 10.4.1933. In: Hochschularchiv Aachen, 508.<\/p>\n<p>Dekan der Fakult\u00e4t f\u00fcr Allgemeine Wissenschaften, Carl Wieselsberger, an Ministerium f\u00fcr Wissenschaft, Kunst und Volksbildung vom 4.4.1933. In: Hochschularchiv Aachen, 447.<\/p>\n<p>Preu\u00dfischer Minister f\u00fcr Wissenschaft, Kunst und Volksbildung an Rektor der TH Aachen, Paul R\u00f6ntgen, vom 4.5.1933. In: Hochschularchiv Aachen, 447.<\/p>\n<p>T. v. K\u00e1rm\u00e1n an Rektor der TH Aachen, Paul R\u00f6ntgen, vom 12.9.1933. In: Hochschularchiv Aachen, 447.<\/p>\n<p>Dekan der Fakult\u00e4t f\u00fcr Allgemeine Wissenschaften, Hermann Starke, an Rektor der TH Aachen, Paul R\u00f6ntgen, vom 2.10.1933. In: Hochschularchiv Aachen, 447.<\/p>\n<p>Preu\u00dfischer Minister f\u00fcr Wissenschaft, Kunst und Volksbildung an Prof. Dr. von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n vom 21.4.1934. In: Hochschularchiv Aachen, 447.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"Verweise\">References:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>1<\/strong> K\u00e1rm\u00e1n-Auditorium, Eilfschornstr. 15<br \/><strong>2<\/strong> Theodore-von-K\u00e1rm\u00e1n Wohnheim, R\u00fctscher Str. 121<br \/><strong>3<\/strong> K\u00e1rm\u00e1nstra\u00dfe, Aachen und Professor von K\u00e1rm\u00e1nstraat, Vaals<br \/><strong>4<\/strong> Krater \u201cVon K\u00e1rm\u00e1n\u201d auf dem Mond und auf dem Mars<br \/><strong>5<\/strong> Krause\/Kalkmann, S. 268<br \/><strong>6<\/strong> Von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n, T. (1910). Untersuchungen \u00fcber Knickfestigkeit. In: Verein deutscher Ingenieure (eds) Mitteilungen \u00fcber Forschungsarbeiten auf dem Gebiete des Ingenieurwesens insbesondere aus den Laboratorien der technischen Hochschulen. Berlin\/Heidelberg: Springer.<br \/><strong>7<\/strong> Krause\/Kalkmann, S. 268<br \/><strong>8<\/strong> Krause\/Kalkmann, S. 268<br \/><strong>9<\/strong> Ebd.<br \/><strong>10<\/strong> Kalkmann, S. 120<br \/><strong>11<\/strong> Kalkmann, S. 120<br \/><strong>12<\/strong> Kalkmann, S. 227<br \/><strong>13<\/strong> AStA der TH Aachen an Ministerium f\u00fcr Wissenschaft, Kunst und Volksbildung vom 18.3.1933. HAAc, 508.<br \/><strong>14<\/strong> Ebd.<br \/><strong>15<\/strong> Nationalsozialistischer Deutscher Studentenbund<br \/><strong>16<\/strong> Kalkmann, S. 227<br \/><strong>17<\/strong> AStA der TH Aachen an Ministerium f\u00fcr Wissenschaft, Kunst und Volksbildung vom 10.4.1933. HAAc, 508.<br \/><strong>18 <\/strong>Kalkmann, S. 228f<br \/><strong>19<\/strong> Dekan der Fakult\u00e4t f\u00fcr Allgemeine Wissenschaften, Carl Wieselsberger, an Ministerium f\u00fcr Wissenschaft, Kunst und Volksbildung vom 4.4.1933. HAAc, 447.<br \/><strong>20<\/strong> Preu\u00dfischer Minister f\u00fcr Wissenschaft, Kunst und Volksbildung an Rektor der RH Aachen, Paul R\u00f6ntgen, vom 4.5.1933. HAAc, 447.<br \/><strong>21<\/strong> T. v. K\u00e1rm\u00e1n an Rektor der TH Aachen, Paul R\u00f6ntgen, vom 12.9.1933. HAAc, 447.<br \/><strong>22<\/strong> T. v. K\u00e1rm\u00e1n, Declaration of Intention vom 23.5.1933. Archiv des US-Justizministeriums, Washington D.C., Nr 63088.<br \/><strong>23<\/strong> Dekan Sterke an den Rektor der TH Aachen vom 2.10.1933. HAAc, 447.<br \/><strong>24<\/strong> Kalkmann, o.S.<br \/><strong>25<\/strong> Krause\/Kalkmann, S. 269<br \/><strong>26<\/strong> Kalkmann, S. 130<br \/><strong>27<\/strong> Kalkmann, S. 446ff<br \/><strong>28<\/strong> Krause\/Kalkmann, S. 270f<br \/><strong>29<\/strong> Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, NASA. About JPL. Who We Are. Dr. Theodore von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n (1881-1963). Zugegriffen am 4.1.2022 unter https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/who-we-are\/faces-of-leadership-the-directors-of-jpl\/dr-theodore-von-karman-1881-1963<br \/><strong>30<\/strong> Krause\/Kalkmann, S. 270<br \/><strong>31<\/strong> Klein, H.-D., o.S.<br \/><strong>32<\/strong> Krause\/Kalkmann, S. 271<br \/><strong>33<\/strong> Krause, S. 6<br \/><strong>34<\/strong> Von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n Institute for Fluid Dynamics. About VKI. History. Zugegriffen am 4.1.2022 unter https:\/\/www.vki.ac.be\/index.php\/home-v16\/about-vki#history<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Theodore von K\u00e1rm\u00e1nThe name K\u00e1rm\u00e1n or von K\u00e1rm\u00e1n is probably familiar to most students and members of RWTH Aachen University. Among other things, a lecture hall complex, a dormitory, streets, and a moon and Mars crater are named after him. 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