African Entrepreneurship Records 2

Chapter 1571 East Africa is well-fed
Krast said to Kyasov with a self-deprecating tone, "If I had known Vienna would turn out like this, I would have agreed to leave this place of trouble two months ago."

“It’s not too late now,” Kyasov replied. “Academician Krast, the most important reason we’re still 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, and it is hard to say whether the Austro-Hungarian Empire will continue to exist in the future. The Austrian Academy of Sciences relies on the support of the imperial treasury."

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

Under the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria encompassed regions such as Bohemia, Venice, Slovenia, and Dalmatia. Therefore, the Austrian Academy of Sciences did not serve only Austria; similarly, its funding also included contributions from these regions.

It should be noted that the Austro-Hungarian Empire had a very strong science and education system, especially in fields such as physics, mathematics, and medicine.

John von Neumann, Erwin Schrödinger, Ludwig Boltzmann, Lise Meitner, Sigmund Freud, Nikola Tesla, Edward Taylor, Theodore von Kármán...

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

These figures, renowned throughout history, were all from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

However, in his previous life, after the Austro-Hungarian Empire disintegrated in World War I, the talents it cultivated and many scientific research achievements benefited the United States and Germany. Ultimately, after Germany's defeat in World War II, they still flowed into the United States.

Now, because of the Austro-Hungarian Empire's lingering existence after World War I, most of its scientists have not gone to other countries. After all, the academic atmosphere in the Austro-Hungarian Empire under Habsburg rule was still quite good.

In reality, East Africa had been undermining the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but the number of people willing to go to East Africa was still too small compared to the Austro-Hungarian Empire's abundant talent pool.

For many people, leaving their country is something few would willingly do unless absolutely necessary.

Just like now, East Africa can recruit talent in Vienna. Talented people who were once sought after by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, universities and research institutions can now be easily poached by East Africa. This is because Vienna is unsafe and many people lack confidence in the coalition government.

In Budapest, however, it's not as easy to recruit talent from East Africa as it is in Vienna. Only when the threat of war is truly imminent will some talented individuals be tempted.

However, the East African government is still willing to continue recruiting these people. With their help, it is no exaggeration to say that East African scientific research can be pushed to a higher level, widening the gap with the United States and Germany.

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

Kyasov said, "When you get to East Africa, you will see many of your former colleagues. East Africa can offer you opportunities for development and excellent treatment."

Krast naturally had no doubt about Kyasov's words, because East Africa had a history of poaching Austria's scientists; since the last century, many Austrian scientists had emigrated to East Africa.

“Academician Krast, if you are determined, you can report to the East African Embassy. We will make the necessary preparations to help you with your evacuation,” Kyasov said.

Krauss still had some reservations about the invitation, asking, "I have indeed changed my mind, but there are still some dangers in Vienna..."

“You don’t need to worry about that!” Kyasov said, taking out a passport and an identification document from his briefcase. “Academician Krast, do you have a work ID?”

Klast nodded and said, "Of course, after all, the nature of my job requires me to always keep a few personal photos on hand."

“That makes things easier,” Kyasov said, opening his passport. “We’ve already prepared an East African passport and identification for you. Of course, we’ll help you get things like an ID card once you get to East Africa.”

Kraster took the passport and looked at it. His personal information had already been filled in, and his nationality was listed as "Rhine Empire".

Clearly, the East African government was prepared. Klassef glanced discreetly at Kyasov's briefcase and guessed that it contained a number of passports and identity documents, indicating that East Africa had planned this all along.

However, he was not averse to East Africa's advance preparations, which precisely demonstrated East Africa's eagerness to recruit talent. Of course, for Klassart, passports and identity documents were also important safeguards for his safety.

He stood up and said, "I'll bring the photos over now."

Then he went to the cabinet, took out a small box from it, which contained some odds and ends, with an envelope underneath.

He opened the envelope; inside were photographs in several sizes commonly used by Academician Krast. He returned to the table, took out two two-inch photographs, and handed them to Kyasov.

"I don't have any glue here, so I don't know how you attach it to your passport and ID?"

Kyasov smiled and said, "We've been thinking about this for a while now." He took out a tube of glue, a box of ink pads, and two stamps from his briefcase.

Apply glue, then fix Academician Kraster's photo to the passport. With a snap, a red stamp appears on the passport with the words "Rhine Empire" written on it. The same procedure is performed on identity documents.

"Now, Academician Klassett, you are an East African citizen. From now on, if you have any problems, 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."

"You can tell me in advance if you have any difficulties. For example, if you are going to East Africa, are there any items that are inconvenient to carry and we can help you check them in? Or you can bring your family with you, etc."

Kraster did indeed have a similar need, saying, "I have a lot of documents that I need you to help me take with me. This is no easy task."

Kyasov was completely unsurprised by Krast's request. He said, "That's not difficult. I wonder how many items you want to take with you?"

"There's probably a whole room full of books, documents, and some of my personal belongings," Klast said.

Kyasov said, “That’s easy. The embassy will send someone over to help you sort and pack your belongings. We’ve had similar experiences before. I don’t know if you know Mr. Viktor Hess of the Vienna Academy of Sciences. He took more than fifty boxes of items with him before.”

These scientific researchers have a large number of books, documents, papers and other items that they are reluctant to discard. Therefore, it took East Africa a lot of effort to mail these precious treasures back to their home countries.

Klass said, “Hess, I know him. He’s a good young man, I think he’s a researcher at the Academy of Sciences. However, I don’t have as much material as he does. But the workload is still considerable, and it would be best if you sent someone more professional to handle it. My materials are very valuable.” Kyasov said, “Of course, knowledge is wealth. Our East African embassy’s employees are all carefully selected, with at least a high school education, and they have full respect and reverence for knowledge. They certainly won’t be careless.”

His words reassured Klassef a lot. In Europe, a secondary school education is already considered a high level of education. Of course, Kyasov was referring to at least a secondary school education. In reality, university graduates and office workers are probably not uncommon. The number of university graduates in East Africa is greater than the total number of university graduates in all of Europe combined.

Of course, although East Africa's higher education scale has caught up with Europe, its foundation is far from comparable to that of Europe, which is why East Africa is so eager to "recruit" people from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

This will save East Africa a lot of time and accelerate the construction of East Africa's technological hegemony. The United States in the past is a typical example. It first benefited from the scientific research and talent dividends after World War I and the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and then directly acquired various core technologies from Germany.

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

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

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Three days later, a truck from the East African embassy, ​​carrying the culmination of Academician Kraster's life's work, left his residence, and Academician Kraster himself was also heading to East Africa.

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

Even with the scientific research talents of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the East African government did not simply bring them to East Africa and then abandon them.

Instead, the strategy was to "divide and conquer" as much as possible, especially targeting the Jewish academic community in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. There were many Jews in the Austro-Hungarian education and research system, and the goal was to prevent them from forming new groups in East Africa.

For example, if two Jewish scientists who know each other are placed on opposite sides of East Africa, one on the east coast and the other on the west coast, their interactions will naturally decrease.

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

Of course, East Africa wouldn't consider this as much as it would with non-Jewish Austro-Hungarian immigrants.

Ultimately, it was because of historical reasons that Jews made up 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 had historically prioritized development in areas such as the military, while the Jewish population, being wealthy but with limited opportunities, excelled in fields like finance and scientific research. To put it bluntly, Jews were historically looked down upon in Europe, leading them to work in sectors and industries that European aristocrats disdained.

However, since Europe entered the capitalist and industrial era, the fields and industries that European elites used to look down on have actually grown bigger.

European Jews were caught in the crossfire, becoming the "pigs" blown by the wind, rather than being as naturally intelligent as the propaganda claimed.

East Africa's focus on Austro-Hungarian Jewish scientists also has its reasons. Due to their faith and historical customs, Jews tend to stick together, which makes it easier for them to form monopolistic groups.

For example, Jewish capitalist groups, academic cliques, media groups, etc., East Africa is clearly very wary of the emergence of such problems.

Therefore, the only option is to divide and conquer as much as possible, but without provoking their resentment and getting them to leave East Africa to serve the United States and other countries.

Therefore, the best approach is to subtly separate them through policy, welfare, and employment incentives.

Besides the divide-and-rule approach towards Jewish scientists, East Africa was not so at ease with other Austro-Hungarian scientists either, at least not during the observation period, and would not allow them access to East Africa's core scientific research projects.

The reason is quite simple: many scientists are now migrating to East Africa to escape the wars of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. If the Austro-Hungarian Empire were to restore peace, some of them might return to Europe.

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

Since June 1934, there has been a significant increase in Austro-Hungarian immigrants applying to immigrate to East Africa, including not only scientists but also a large number of ordinary people and technical personnel.

East Africa did not overlook these people either. The East African overseas colonies needed a large influx of people, so the immigrant population in the East African overseas colonies increased rapidly. This was the largest wave of European immigrants to the East African overseas colonies since World War I.

The East African overseas colonies basically accepted all immigrants from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Now that the East African overseas colonies have a certain population base, they are not worried about causing too many problems by introducing too many immigrants.

In addition to the influx of ordinary immigrants, another significant change during this wave of immigration was the focus on recruiting skilled workers in the various East African colonies. This indicates that the industrial development of the East African colonies has reached a new stage.

In conclusion, the wars of the Austro-Hungarian Empire provided an unprecedented boost to East Africa, benefiting both the mainland and its colonies.

The benefits of the Austro-Hungarian Empire still have a lot of room for East Africa to exploit. For example, Hungary still has many top talents that urgently need to be introduced. Once Hungary falls into chaos, East Africa can replicate the experience it has now gained in Austria.

In addition, if the Austro-Hungarian Empire had actually disintegrated, its military talent would have been a great supplement to the military development of East Africa.

However, since the Austro-Hungarian Empire is currently engaged in numerous wars, many military talents have not yet left the country. But once the war ends, many people will face unemployment, such as some marshals and generals of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. If the Austro-Hungarian Empire disintegrates, they will become "orphans".

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

When the Austro-Hungarian Empire disintegrated, East Africa planned to bring some of them to East Africa to retire, thereby pointing out the problems in the current military development in East Africa, absorbing their combat experience, and verifying the final military ideas and changes in the war situation.

From World War I to the present, the Austro-Hungarian Empire has been engaged in a series of wars, first with the Allied Powers, then with the Soviet Union, then with the suppression of the Hungarian rebellion, and now with internal strife within the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Therefore, there is no doubt about the professionalism and foresight of the Austro-Hungarian military personnel; their insights and foresight regarding the European war were certainly far more advanced than those of the East African military.

(End of this chapter)