 "Deutsche Physik" was anti-Semitic and anti-theoretical physics, especially including modern physics, i.e., quantum mechanics.As applied in the university environment, political factors took priority over the historically applied concept of scholarly ability, even though its two most prominent supporters were Nobel Laureates Philipp Lenard and Johannes Stark.During the period in which "Deutsche Physik" was gaining prominence, a foremost concern of the great majority of scientists was to maintain autonomy against political encroachment.