Life in Germany has always been easier for a non-Jew than a Jew. My guess is that Meitner was not all that observant in her youth, so conversion would be a convenient and sensible thing to do. read more
My guess is that Meitner was not all that observant in her youth, so conversion would be a convenient and sensible thing to do. Of course, once the Nazis made a racial-biological issue about being Jewish conversion was of little help. read more
Undoubtedly, Lise Meitner had overcome some barriers because she was a woman; but by the time she left Germany in 1938, she had had a long and distinguished career as a full professor at the top of the complex German academic system - the first woman to do so. read more
Hahn and Meitner collaborated in much research toward this end, but history intervened. Flight from Hitler’s Reich. Meitner converted from Judaism to Christianity in 1908, but in Hitler’s Reich that counted for nothing. read more