Horkheimer recovered his German property and assets through a well-connected lawyer.

Evidence

The conflicts which developed between the Institute, in exile, and Frankfurt University were even more grotesque, since the Society for Social Research wanted to continue to pay Grünberg’s pension but not the salaries for the two professorial posts from which Horkheimer and Löwe had been expelled, which were funded by the Society. Although Horkheimer’s strategy was not heroic, indeed not even cunning, it was successful, and damaged its opponents in its own way by appealing to the civilized sections among them and giving nothing away. As a refugee, Horkheimer would not have managed to bring with him any of his belongings, which remained in Germany. The same was true of the Institute. As well as writing these letters, therefore, Horkheimer hired straight away a quite outstanding and extremely influential man as my lawyer . . . who not only succeeded in getting a specific declaration from the authorities that the director of the Institute was not accused of any misdemeanour, but also managed to get my entire property released, along with permission to export a considerable part of my assets'. — <cite>Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 532</cite> (#corroborates`, via linked claim)

Marcuse had been trying for a considerable time, together with Neumann, to help Horkheimer to make a trip to Europe for official purposes, and Horkheimer wrote to Marcuse saying that he also wanted to see whether there are a few students and other intellectuals over there whom we could lastingly influence in our direction'. Finally, Horkheimer wanted to look for a place in which it would be possible to lead a bearable life on an extremely low income’, either in northern Italy or in the south of France, to concentrate on continuing his philosophical work. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1705 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Horkheimer recovered his property and assets through legal means while in exile — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 532; Horkheimer’s 1947 Europe trip aimed at institutional property recovery plus recruiting influence — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1705

Broader Connections

• Horkheimer recovered his property and assets through legal means while in exile #corroborates (0.95) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 532
• Horkheimer’s 1947 Europe trip aimed at institutional property recovery plus recruiting influence #expands (0.75) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1705