Free University of Berlin

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MottoVeritas, Iustitia, Libertas
(Latin)
HeadquartersBerlin, Germany
TypePublic
Created as a Cold War showcase of Western freedom.

Cold War Origins

The Free University of Berlin was founded in West Berlin in 1948 with American support during the early Cold War period; its name refers to West Berlin's status as part of the Western Free World, in contrast to the communist-controlled university in East Berlin, where the old Frederick William University was situated.

By 1949, the Free University had registered 4,946 students. Until the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961, many students came from the Soviet sector, often supported through the a cash stipend from the West Berlin government.

1968 Student Protests

In the late 1960s, the Free University of Berlin was one of the main scenes of the German student movement of 68, as a reaction to the global student protests during that time.

The APO students criticised society's repression of the crimes of National Socialism committed by their parents' generation, only interested in economic recovery. It also joined the worldwide protests against the Vietnam War and showed solidarity with the guerrilla fighters campaigning against the United States and its local allies.

The university was a center for the Außerparlamentarische Opposition (APO) (German for extra-parliamentary opposition), to which the student leaders Benno Ohnesorg and Rudi Dutschke belonged.

The outrage after the police's assassination of Benno Ohnesorg and the attempt on student leader Rudi Dutschke's life, led to the protests quickly escalating in all of Germany.


 

Employee on Wikispooks

EmployeeJobAppointedEndDescription
Richard LöwenthalProfessor in political science19591974Attended Bilderberg/1968

 

Alumni on Wikispooks

PersonBornDiedNationalitySummaryDescription
Hannes Adomeit9 November 194225 April 2022GermanAcademicSpooky German academic who headed up the German cluster of the Integrity Initiative.
Peter Ammon23 February 1952GermanDiplomatGerman diplomat, Atlantik-Brücke, MSC
Mathias Bröckers26 June 1954GermanJournalist
Andrea Fischer14 January 1960GermanPolitician
Big pharma/Lobbyist
WEF backed German health minister turned pharma lobbyist
Anastasios Giannitsis1944GreecePolitician
Economist
Greek economist and politician.
Attila Hildmann22 April 1981Turkey
German
AuthorGerman-Turkish TV chef, turned "anti-vaxxer" and "far-right conspiracy theorist"
Arndt Freytag von Loringhoven12 November 1956GermnaDiplomat
Spook
Spook and diplomat. Part of the German cell of the Integrity Initiative. NATO's first chief of intelligence 2016-2019.
Gerhard Löwenthal8 December 19226 December 2002GermanJournalist
Deep state operative
German deep state operative
Albrecht Müller16 May 1938GermanJournalistFormer German Social Democrat politician, from 2003 editor of independent media NachDenkseiten
Peter Neumann4 December 1974GermanAcademic
"Terror expert"
Spooky "terror expert", ACG YGL/2012
Andreas Umland1967GermanAcademicGerman academic mentioned in an Integrity Initiative document
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