Before the Nazi party came into power there were already preconceived antisemitic ideas. This influenced career opportunities available to the Jewish community. At the beginning of the Nazi rule over Germany, antisemitic propaganda was starting to be distributed.  This movement against the Jewish community resulted in many Jewish people being brutally attacked on the street by members of the Nazi party (Longerich 2010). 

Salome obtained her doctorate from the University of Freiburg in 1932. One year later the chief executive Martin Heidegger presented a speech that sought to aline the institution with the Nazi party.  Although the speech does not explicitly state antisemitic vocabulary it is implied very heavly. Heidegger believed that the university should not remain academically neutral and should stand with the values of the state. There is also encouragement for the educators to believe the negative preconceived notions put against the Jewish community (Heidegger et al 1985). This excluded Jewish people from the University completely. However, in 1945 Freiburg was bombed (Hackman 1978). The University of Freiburg institution's buildings were either damaged or destroyed (University of Freiburg).