noether accepted the decision calmly, providing support for others during this difficult time. hermann weyl later wrote that "emmy noether—her courage, her frankness, her unconcern about her own fate, her conciliatory spirit—was in the midst of all the hatred and meanness, despair and sorrow surrounding us, a moral solace." typically, noether remained focused on mathematics, gathering students in her apartment to discuss class field theory. when one of her students appeared in the uniform of the nazi paramilitary organization "sturmabteilung" (sa), she showed no sign of agitation and, reportedly, even laughed about it later. this, however, was before the bloody events of kristallnacht in 1938, and their praise from propaganda minister joseph goebbels.