1. Retirement address

   1930-09-01 · Königsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia)

   

   Hilbert was present in Königsberg for the 1930 scientific meetings and delivered the retirement-address conclusion associated with “Wir müssen wissen. Wir werden wissen.” The article's note places his presence at the Königsberg meetings in September 1930; the retirement address is dated 8 September 1930, but the quoted sentence itself does not specify the day.

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