Manhattan, NY - Columbia University Nazi Linked

Manhattan, NY - Holocaust historians accuse Columbia University of maintaining cozy relations with the Nazis in the 1930s - even after the Third Reich purged German universities of Jewish professors, burned books by Jewish authors and instituted laws that stripped Jews of citizenship. And now, Columbia should apologize for that connection, the researchers said.

University of Oklahoma Professor Stephen Norwood, an expert on Nazi Germany and the Holocaust, claims that shortly after the Nazis took over in 1933, Columbia President Nicholas Murray Butler hosted a reception on campus for German Ambassador Hans Luther. Students protested Luther's speech.
Norwood also discovered that Butler sent Professor Arthur Remy to Germany as a delegate to celebrate Heidelberg University's 550th anniversary in 1936. Remy's presence at Heidelberg "helped legitimize the Nazi regime," Norwood charged.

A Columbia spokesman said the university was aware of the accusations, but the administration hasn't decided whether it will investigate them.