From 1905 until his dismissal by the Nazis in 1933 Ludwig Otto Blumenthal worked as a professor of mathematics at the University (RWTH) of Aachen. From 1906 to 1938 he was the long-term managing editor of the "Mathematische Annalen", the most prestigious mathematical journal of that time. He is still well known among mathematicians under the name "Otto Blumenthal". In July 1939 he and his wife emi…