Background to the Asparagus Lunch in the Übersee-Club: 

The Asparagus Lunch ties in with the history of Heidelberg asparagus eating: The Heidelberg Asparagus Meeting (also: Heidelberg Asparagus Affair, Heidelberg Mockage) was a series of public statements by Heidelberg Corps students directed against Adolf Hitler from May 21, 1935 in Heidelberg , which accelerated the process of dissolving student ties in the Nazi German Reich. Corps members criticized Adolf Hitler and National Socialism. Source: Wikipedia.

By far the highest number of academics among NSDAP members fell on the group of doctors. With this very conscious historical reference to our annual asparagus meal, the health captains of SÜNJHAID! point out the high level of involvement of medicine in the Hitler regime and honor medical professionals who, then as now, differentiate themselves from totalitarian regimes in their attitudes and their active activities. This is a natural and clear attitude that health captains want to adopt visibly. The founder of SÜNJHAID! and numerous participants in the asparagus meals to date are Heidelberg Corps students themselves, so this transfer is authentic.