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Adam von Trott Scholarship
In July 2021, Julia Gross, Chargée d’Affaires, and Dr Susanne Frane, Acting Head of Culture & Education, at the German Embassy in London, were welcomed to Mansfield by members of the College, the Adam von Trott Committee, and Adam von Trott Scholar Julian Goldmann (MPhil Politics: Political Theory, 2019).
The College, jointly with Oxford’s Department of Politics & International Relations (DPIR), awards a scholarship in memory of Adam von Trott, who studied at Mansfield in 1929 and was put to death by the Nazi regime in Berlin on 26 August 1944, for his involvement in a plot to assassinate Hitler.
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The Adam von Trott Scholarship is supported with contributions from the German Foreign Office, the Adam von Trott Memorial Fund, the Politics Department and Mansfield College.
‘The Chargée d’Affaires’ visit represents a welcome confirmation of the continued cooperation between the College and the German Embassy. Today, Adam von Trott’s legacy is more important than ever, as relations between Great Britain and continental Europe are at a crucial juncture. With the Scholarship, Mansfield College, the DPIR, and the Embassy in London provide a unique opportunity for young Germans to come to the UK and work towards the countries’ future understanding without losing sight of Europe’s troubled past.’
Julian Goldmann (MPhil Politics: Political Theory, 2019), Adam von Trott Scholar
‘It was so gratifying, for the College and the Committee, to welcome the Chargée d’Affaires of the German Federal Republic, Julia Gross, to Mansfield.
‘We can be sure that her visit confirms the high regard in which our work – keeping alive the name of this brave, anti-Nazi, resistance fighter, who sacrificed his life – is currently held. This relates to both the high-profile Memorial Lecture series, which will resume in 2021/22, and the Scholarship scheme, which continues despite the UK exit from the European Union.
‘This is also part of the wider rapprochement encouraged between our two countries – Brexit notwithstanding – which the Chargée d’Affaires supports, and is being reflected in blossoming relations between students and academics from Göttingen, where Adam von Trott also studied, and Oxford, in the form of bursaries and graduate workshops.
‘We can all continue to work together to impart this example of resistance to tyranny to younger generations, in a spirit that unites us with our German counterparts and friends, and the German Federal authorities.’
