The Institute funded refugee scholars solely on anti-Nazi conviction, not ideology

Evidence

The only firm criterion was fervent anti-Nazism. Even positivists like Edgar Zilsel were given support without any attempt being made to coerce them to the Institut’s way of thinking. — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 384

Categorization

• CANDY: A counterintuitive nicety about a Marxist institute bankrolling their philosophical enemies — elevator-conversation material.