Chapter 1571 East Africa is full

Krast said to Kjasov self-deprecatingly: "If I had known Vienna would become like this today, I might as well have promised you two months ago to leave this troubled place."

"It's not too late now," Kjasov replied. "Academician Krast, the most important reason we remain in Vienna is to recruit talents like you and continue to contribute to the progress of human society."

"The Austrian Academy of Sciences is unlikely to reopen in the short term. Furthermore, it's hard to say whether the Austro-Hungarian Empire will continue to exist in the future, and the Austrian Academy of Sciences relies on the empire's financial support."

The Austro-Hungarian Empire had two national academic centers, Vienna and Budapest, and two academies of science, the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Under the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria included Bohemia, Venice, Slovenia, Dalmatia and other regions. Therefore, the Austrian Academy of Sciences not only served Austria, but also received funding from the above regions.

It should be noted that the Austro-Hungarian Empire's science and technology and education were very strong, especially in physics, mathematics, medicine and other fields.

John von Neumann, Erwin Schrödinger, Ludwig Boltzmann, Lise Meitner, Sigmund Freud, Nikola Tesla, Edward Teller, Theodore von Karman…

Among them, Austro-Hungarian scientists such as Lise Meitner and Nikola Tesla had already settled and worked in East Africa.

These well-known figures in the previous life were all from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

However, in the previous life, after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in World War I, the talents and many scientific research results it cultivated were benefited by the United States and Germany. In the end, after Germany's defeat in World War II, the talents and many scientific research results still flowed into the United States.

Now, because the Austro-Hungarian Empire was struggling to survive after World War I, most of its scientists did not go to other countries. After all, under the rule of the Habsburgs, the academic atmosphere in the Austro-Hungarian Empire was still good.

In fact, East Africa has always been poaching from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but the number of people willing to go to East Africa is still too small compared to the Austro-Hungarian Empire's strong talent pool.

For many people, leaving their country is not something they are willing to do unless they really have to.

Just like now, East Africa can recruit talents in Vienna on a large scale. In the past, the Austrian Academy of Sciences, universities and research institutions, which were highly sought after by East Africa, can now be easily poached. This is because Vienna is unsafe and many people have no confidence in the coalition government.

In Budapest, East Africans cannot easily recruit talents as they do in Vienna. Only when the threat of war is really imminent will some people be tempted.

However, the East African government is still willing to continue to recruit these people. With their help, it can be said without hesitation that East Africa's scientific research can be pushed to a higher level and the gap with the United States and Germany can be widened.

In fact, in the first six months of 1934 alone, more than 500 Austro-Hungarian scientists traveled to East Africa.

Kyasov said: "When you arrive in East Africa, you will meet many of your former colleagues. East Africa can provide you with development opportunities and excellent treatment."

Krast naturally had no doubt about Kjasov's words, because East Africa had done a lot of poaching from Austria. Since the last century, many Austrian scientists had moved to East Africa.

"Academician Craster, if you are determined, you can report to the East African Embassy. We will make the next preparations and help you evacuate," said Kyasov.

Craster still had some concerns about his invitation. He asked, "I have indeed changed my mind now, but there are still some dangers in Vienna..."

"Don't worry about that!" Kyasov said. He took out a passport and an ID from his briefcase. "Academician Krast, do you have a work permit?"

Craster nodded and said, "That's natural. After all, the nature of my work requires me to always have a few personal photos on hand."

"That's easy," Kyasov said, opening the passport. "We've already prepared an East African passport for you, as well as proof of identity. Of course, we'll help you get things like your ID card once you get to East Africa."

Craster took the passport and looked at it. His personal information was already filled in on it, and his nationality was set as "Rhine Empire".

It was obvious that the East African government had been prepared for this. Craster glanced at Kyasov's briefcase inconspicuously. He guessed that there were many passports and identity documents in it. East Africa had planned this in advance.

However, he was not averse to East Africa's advance preparations. This just showed that East Africa was eager to recruit talents. Of course, for Craster, passports and identity documents were also important amulets to ensure his safety.

He stood up and said, "I'll get the pictures over now."

Then he went to the cabinet and took out a small box with some miscellaneous items in it and an envelope underneath.

He opened the envelope and found several sizes of photos that Academician Krast often used. He returned to the table, took out two two-inch photos, and handed them to Kyasov.

"I don't have any glue. How are you going to attach it to your passport and ID?"

Kyasov smiled and said, "We have thought about this issue for a long time." He took out a tube of glue, a box of ink, and two seals from his briefcase.

Apply glue, then fix the photo of Academician Craster on the passport. With a snap, a red stamp with the words "Rhine Empire" appears on the passport. The same operation is performed on the identity certificate.

"Now, Academician Craster, you are an East African citizen. If you have any questions from now on, you can directly seek help from East African personnel and institutions in Vienna. At the same time, these two items can also help you deal with searches by the Vienna government, etc."

"If you have any difficulties, you can tell me in advance. For example, if there is something inconvenient to carry when traveling to East Africa, we can help you check it in, or you can help you take your family away with you."

Craster actually had a similar need. He said, "I have a lot of documents and materials, and I need you to help me take them away. This is not an easy job."

Kyasov was not surprised by Craster's request at all. He said, "It's not difficult. I wonder how many items you want to take away?"

Craster said: "There is probably a whole room of books, materials and some of my personal belongings."

Kjasov said, "That's easy. The embassy will send someone to help you organize and pack your belongings. We've had similar experiences before. I wonder if you know Mr. Victor Hess from the Vienna Academy of Sciences. He took away more than 50 boxes of belongings."

Scientific researchers like these have a large number of books, documents, papers and other items that they are reluctant to throw away. Therefore, it takes a lot of effort for East Africa to mail these precious treasures back to their home country.

Craster said, "I know Hess. He's a good young man, apparently a researcher at the Academy of Sciences. However, I don't have as much stuff as he does. However, the workload is still considerable, and it would be best if you could send someone more professional to handle it. My information is very valuable."

"Of course, knowledge is wealth," Kyasov said. "The employees of our East African embassy are all carefully selected. They have at least a high school education and have a deep respect for knowledge. They will definitely not be careless."

His words made Craster feel much more at ease. In Europe, a high school diploma is already considered a high level diploma. Of course, Kyasov was talking about at least a high school diploma. In fact, it might not be uncommon to see college graduates as employees. The number of college graduates in East Africa is more than that in the whole of Europe combined.

Of course, although the scale of higher education in East Africa has come from behind, its foundation is far from comparable to that of Europe. This is why East Africa is eager to "rescue people" from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

This will save East Africa a lot of time and accelerate the construction of East Africa's hegemony in the field of science and technology. The United States in the past was a typical example. It first benefited from the scientific research and talent dividends of the First World War and the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and directly acquired various core technologies of Germany.

After World War II, the United States once again directly plundered Germany's local talent and technology. Later, when the Soviet Union collapsed, the United States once again reaped the benefits of talent and technology.

Therefore, it is not surprising that the United States’ scientific research hegemony is extremely strong at the beginning of the 21st century.

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Three days later, a truck from the East African Embassy left Academician Craster's residence, carrying his life's research, and Academician Craster himself was also heading to East Africa.

Because Academician Craster's research field is in chemistry, he chose to settle in Beira on the recommendation of the East African government.

Even for the scientific research talents of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the East African government did not simply bring them to East Africa and leave them alone.

Instead, they tried to "divide and rule" as much as possible, especially targeting the Jewish academic groups in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. There were many Jews in the Austro-Hungarian Empire's education and scientific research system, and East Africa tried its best to prevent them from reuniting in East Africa.

For example, if two Jewish scientists who know each other are arranged, one on the east coast of East Africa and the other on the west coast of East Africa, the communication between them will naturally be reduced.

There are also many centers for scientific research in East Africa, the most important of which are in the east, central and west. In addition, there are some secondary centers, such as the south and the Great Lakes region, some of which are similar to Austria and Hungary in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Therefore, East Africa has many options for immigrants.

Of course, East Africa would not have considered so much for non-Jewish Austro-Hungarian immigrants.

Ultimately, it is because of historical reasons that Jews account for a relatively large proportion and number of people in the fields of education and scientific research in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

After all, the Austro-Hungarian elite used to prioritize the military, while Jews, with their wealth and limited development opportunities, were more adept at finance, scientific research, and other fields. To put it bluntly, Jews were not well-received in Europe, so they worked in fields and industries that were looked down upon by the European aristocracy.

However, since Europe entered the capitalist and industrial age, fields and industries that were once looked down upon by European elites have grown bigger.

The Jews in Europe were caught in the wind and became the "pigs" blown by the wind, rather than being as naturally smart as advertised.

East Africa also has its own reasons for paying special attention to Jewish scientists from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Because of their beliefs and historical habits, Jews tend to stick together, which makes it easy for them to form monopoly groups.

For example, the Jewish capital group, academic cliques, public opinion groups, etc., East Africa is obviously very taboo about the emergence of such problems.

Therefore, we can only divide and rule them as much as possible, but we must not arouse their resentment and force them to leave East Africa and work for the United States and other countries.

Therefore, the best way is to quietly separate them through guidance in the form of policies, welfare, and work.

In addition to dividing and ruling Jewish scientists, East Africa is not so confident in other Austro-Hungarian scientists. At least during the inspection period, they will not be allowed to access East Africa's core scientific research projects.

As for the reason, it is very simple. Many scientists now immigrate to East Africa to develop in order to avoid the war in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. If the Austro-Hungarian Empire restores peace, perhaps some of them will return to Europe.

Of course, the vast majority of people will eventually stay in East Africa.

Since June 1934, the number of Austro-Hungarian immigrants applying to immigrate to East Africa has increased significantly. In addition to scientists, there are also a large number of ordinary people and technical talents.

East Africa did not ignore these people either. The East African overseas colonies still needed a large number of population supplements, so for a time, the immigrant population in the East African overseas colonies increased rapidly. This was also the largest wave of European immigration to the East African overseas colonies since World War I.

As for these immigrants from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the East African overseas colonies basically accepted all of them. Now that the East African overseas colonies also had a certain population base, they were not worried that introducing too many immigrants would cause too many problems.

In addition to introducing a large number of ordinary immigrants, during this immigration wave, the various overseas colonies in East Africa also focused on recruiting technical talents, which is also an important change. This shows that the industrial development of the overseas colonies in East Africa has reached a new stage.

In short, the war in the Austro-Hungarian Empire brought an unprecedented blood transfusion to East Africa, and both the mainland and the colonies benefited from it.

There is still a lot of room for East Africa to tap into the dividends of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. For example, Hungary still has many top talents that are waiting to be introduced. Once Hungary is in chaos, East Africa can replicate its current experience in Austria.

In addition, if the Austro-Hungarian Empire really disintegrated in the future, the Austro-Hungarian military talents would be a great supplement to the military development in East Africa.

It’s just that the Austro-Hungarian Empire is now at war everywhere, so many military talents have not yet flowed out. But once the war is over, many people will face the problem of unemployment. For example, some marshals and generals of the Austro-Hungarian Empire will become "orphans" if the Austro-Hungarian Empire disintegrates.

These "homeless" military talents have rich war experience, especially many of them have gone through the trials of World War I, which is exactly what East Africa lacks.

When the Austro-Hungarian Empire collapsed, East Africa was prepared to bring some of them to East Africa for retirement, so as to point out the problems in the current military development in East Africa, absorb their combat experience, and verify the final military thinking and changes in the war situation.

From World War I to the present, the Austro-Hungarian Empire has basically never stopped fighting wars. First, it fought against the Allied Powers, then confronted the Soviet Union, and finally suppressed the Hungarian rebellion. Now the Austro-Hungarian Empire is in civil strife.

Therefore, there is no doubt about the professionalism and foresight of the Austro-Hungarian military talents. Their insights and foresight into the European war must be much more advanced than those of the East African military.

(End of this chapter)