Nowandthenhewouldgiveashorttalk...wewerecontinuallyreassuredthattheformalitiesofourreleasewouldonlytakeafewdayslonger....hewashopingtobeabletoreturntoGottingenanddevotehimselffullytothestudyofmathematicallogicandthefoundationsofmathematics.

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Now and then he would give a short talk ... we were continually reassured that the formalities of our release would only take a few days longer.... he was hoping to be able to return to Gottingen and devote himself fully to the study of mathematical logic and the foundations of mathematics.