when adolf hitler became the german "reichskanzler" in january 1933, nazi activity around the country increased dramatically. at the university of göttingen the german student association led the attack on the "un-german spirit" attributed to jews and was aided by a privatdozent named werner weber, a former student of noether. antisemitic attitudes created a climate hostile to jewish professors. one young protester reportedly demanded: "aryan students want aryan mathematics and not jewish mathematics."