- Div ision ▁der ▁SS ▁Char lemagne ". ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 4 , ▁he ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁begin ▁his ▁studies ▁and ▁complete ▁his ▁first ▁sem ester ▁in ▁occupied ▁Prag ue . ▁In ▁November ▁ 1 9 4 8 ▁at ▁Heidel berg , ▁the ▁twenty - se ven - year - old ▁J auss , ▁after ▁post war ▁imprison ment , ▁began ▁studies ▁in ▁Rom ance ▁Phil ology , ▁Philosoph y , ▁History ▁and ▁German istik ▁( G erman ▁literature ▁and ▁lingu istics ). ▁Te ach ers ▁at ▁that ▁time ▁who ▁made ▁an ▁impact ▁on ▁his ▁thought ▁included ▁Martin ▁He ide g ger ▁and ▁Hans ▁Georg ▁G ad amer . ▁He ▁was ▁to ▁remain ▁there ▁until ▁ 1 9 5 4 . ▁In ▁these ▁years ▁he ▁made ▁study ▁tri ps ▁to ▁Paris ▁and ▁Per ug ia . ▁ ▁The ▁them es ▁of ▁past ▁and ▁the ▁present , ▁time ▁and ▁rem emb rance , ▁were ▁already ▁eng aging ▁J auss ’ s ▁research ▁from ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁his ▁doctor ate ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Heidel berg ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 2 . ▁His ▁dis sert ation , ▁under ▁the ▁direction ▁of ▁the ▁phil ologist ▁Ger hard ▁H ess , ▁was ▁entitled ▁Zeit ▁und ▁Er inner ung ▁in ▁Marcel ▁Pr oust s ▁« À ▁la ▁recherche ▁du ▁temps ▁per du ». ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 7 , ▁with ▁the ▁treat ise ▁Un tersuch ungen ▁zur ▁m ittel alter lichen ▁Tier d ichtung , ▁he ▁obtained ▁his ▁hab il itation ▁for