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Lindemann wrote back to thank Mackenzie on 22 April 1938. He had an additional worrying query about a letter from Schrodinger published in the German papers. Lindemann was referring to a letter that had been published under Schrodinger's name on 30 March 1938. The local newspaper, the Grazer Tagespost, gave the letter the headline "Acclamation of the Fuhrer : A Leading Scientist offers himself for the Service of Nation and Fatherland". His scientific colleagues in Europe and America felt particularly let down by the statement. Some of his former colleagues and associates never forgave him. He also had to do a lot of explaining with close friends, including Einstein, Born and Dirac, when he met or corresponded with them personally in the years to come. Later, he wrote to Einstein with an explanation : "I hope you did not seriously denounce my subsequent, certainly quite cowardly, behaviour. I wanted to stay free. I couldn't do it without gross hypocrisy".
The German Consulate in Graz had also seen Schrodinger's public statement seeming to support Hitler. They had forwarded it to the Department of Foreign Affairs in Berlin. The response came that : "The question of withdrawing his Professorship might still be addressed by the local administration". Finally, Schrodinger received a leater from the dean of University of Vienna :
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