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Nature 441, 690 (8 June 2006) | doi:10.1038/441690e; Published online 7 June 2006

Debye's wooden response undercut Nazi orders

Harvey Posvic1

  1. Department of Chemistry, Loyola University Chicago, 1068 West Sheridan Road, Chicago, Illinois 60626, USA

I read with chagrin your News in Brief story "Dutch universities ditch reported Nazi collaborator" (Nature 440, 139; 2006), stating that two Dutch universities have rescinded the recognition previously accorded to Peter Debye. I was a junior member of his chemistry department at Cornell University and I remember two stories in particular that make it hard to believe Debye had Nazi links.

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