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While the ( then no more royal ) TH Aachen flourished in the 1920s with the introduction of the more independent faculties, several new institutes and the general students ' committee, first signs of nationalist radicalization were also visible within the university.

The Third Reich's Gleichschaltung of the TH in 1933 was met with relatively low resistance from both students and faculty.

Beginning in September 1933, Jewish and ( alleged ) Communist professors ( and from 1937 on also students ) were systematically persecuted and excluded from the university.

Vacant Chairs were increasingly given to NSDAP party members or sympathizers.

The freedom of research and teaching was severely limited and institutes important for the regime's plans were systematically established, existing chairs promoted.

Shortly closed in 1939, the TH continued courses in 1940, although with a low number of students.

On 21 October 1944, when Aachen capitulated, more than 70 % of all buildings of the university were destroyed or heavily damaged.