Heidegger signaled compliance with Nazism to his shocked friend Jaspers in 1933

Evidence

An awkward moment occurred when Heidegger visited Jaspers in March 1933, just before beginning the rectorship. The subject of National Socialism came up, and Heidegger said, ‘One must get in step.’ Jaspers was too shocked to speak, and did not push him, not wanting to hear what more he might say. — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 281

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Heidegger retained Nazi sympathies well after his rectorate resignation — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 298; Heidegger’s rudeness to Gertrud Jaspers broke his friendship with Jaspers — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 283; Heidegger refused to disavow Nazism because he saw easy repudiations as loathsome — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 604 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Heidegger refused to disavow Nazism because he saw easy repudiations as loathsome #expands (0.80) — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 604
• Heidegger’s rudeness to Gertrud Jaspers broke his friendship with Jaspers #complicates (0.75) — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 283