The advance of fascism across Europe, not internal preference, drove the Institute’s emigration planning.

Evidence

At the general election for the Reichstag on 14 September 1930, the Nazi Party (NSDAP) received the largest number of votes after the SPD, and 107 seats. Felix Weil, Max Horkheimer, Fritz Pollock and Leo Lowenthal met for a discussion on the following day, in the course of which Lowenthal urged Felix Weil: You must get the money together for us to open the branch office in Geneva. We can't stay here any more, we must start preparing for emigration.' — <cite>Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 258</cite> (#corroborates`, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The 1930 Reichstag election immediately triggered the Institute’s emigration planning — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 258

Broader Connections

• The 1930 Reichstag election immediately triggered the Institute’s emigration planning #corroborates (0.85) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 258