The article focuses on a controversy associated with witnessed Nazi sympathies of Dutch chemistry Nobel laureate Peter Debye. The publication of a pro-Debye book by an employee was stopped by Utrecht University in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The university ordered staff not to discuss the issue with the media. Earlier, the university decided to strip Debye's name from its institute for nanomaterials. However, another Dutch Nobel laureate, Martinus Veitman, and a science historian have supported Debye. Cornell University undertook its own 3-month investigation and concluded that it is going to support Debye. Debye was a professor in Cornell University from 1940 until his death in 1966. The American Chemical Society has also decided to support Debye. The outburst against Debye erupted after the publication of a harsh view of him