ailway station is served by (ICE) high-speed trains on the Hanover�W�rzburg high-speed line.
During the Third Reich, the University of G�ttingen suffered greatly as many of its greatest minds emigrated early after the rise to power of Adolf Hitler, or were forced to leave later. This was due to the anti-Semitic policies of the time, as many of the excellent professors and scholars were Jewish. It must not be forgotten that the insistence on a "German physics" prevented researchers from applying Albert Einstein's discoveries, which was nearly impossible to do, of course. After the end of World War II, the famous university had to be reorganised almost from scratch, especially in the physics, mathematics and chemistry departments, a process which continued into the 21st century.
The synagogue in G�ttingen was destroyed during Kristallnacht on 9 November 1938. Many of the Jews of G�ttingen were killed in Nazi German extermination camps. Also, there was a concentration camp for adolescents in Moringen, which was not liberated until 1945.
During the widespread British, Canadian and American air raids on Nazi Germany, G�ttingen suffered comparatively little damage. Only about 2.1% of the city was destroyed. Beginning in July 1944, the air raids were sometimes heavier, but these mainly hit the area of the main railway station. The historic old town of G�ttingen remained practically undamaged.
The Junkernsch�nke, a historic half-timbered house, was destroyed, but it was rebuilt after the war. Two of the churches (Paulinerkirche and Johanniskirche) in the old town, and several buildings of the university, were heavily damaged. The Institute of Anatomy and 57 residential buildings, especially in Untere Masch Street in the centre of the city, were completely destroyed. Overall, only about 120 deaths were caused by the air raids, a comparatively small number. However, the neighbouring cities of Kassel, Hanover and Brunswick, experienced the full
