Levi-Civita was dismissed from his professorship, forced to leave the editorial board of Zentralblatt für Mathematik, and prevented from attending the Fifth International Congress of Applied Mechanics in the United States.
Levi-Civita ay awas mula sa kanyang pagkapropesor, pinilit na iwan ang grupo ng mga patnugot ng Zentralblatt für Mathematik, at maiiwasan mula sa mga dumalo sa ikalima International Congress of Inilapat mechanics sa Pilipinas.