Alfred Willi Rudolf Dutschke, commonly called Rudi Dutschke (March 7, 1940 – December 24, 1979, Århus, Denmark) was the most prominent spokesperson of the German student movement of the 1960s. March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in Leap years). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (359th in leap years). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... The cityhall of Ã…rhus. ... The German student movement was a protest movement that took place during the late 1960s in Germany. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ...

He was born in Schönefeld, (Kreis Jüterbog-Luckenwalde, Brandenburg), Germany. Rudi Dutschke attended school in Luckenwalde and graduated from the Gymnasium there, but because he refused to join the army of the German Democratic Republic and convinced many of his fellow students to refuse as well, he was prevented from attending university in the GDR. He fled to West Berlin in August, 1961 just one day before the Berlin Wall was built. He studied sociology at the Free University of Berlin under Richard Lowenthal and Klaus Meschkat where he became acquainted with alternative views of Marxism. There are communes and places that have the name Schönefeld: Places in Germany Schönefeld (Berlin) Schönefeld (Moers) Schönefeld (Beelitz) Schönefeld (Jüterbog) Schönefeld (Nuthe-Urstromtal) Leipzig-Schönefeld, a part of Leipzig Airport Berlin-Schönefeld International Airport, to be renamed Berlin-Brandenburg International... Surrounding but excluding the national capital Berlin, Brandenburg is one of Germanys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states). ... Luckenwalde: a town in the district of Teltow-Fläming in the state of Brandenburg, Germany. ... A gymnasium is a type of school of secondary education in parts of Europe. ... East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR), German Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR), was a socialist country that existed from 1949 to 1990. ... Boroughs of West Berlin West Berlin was the name given to the western part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Remnant of the Berlin Wall near Potsdamer Platz, June 2003. ... Satellite photo of Berlin. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Influenced by critical theory, Rosa Luxemburg and critical Marxists, Dutschke developed a theory and code of practice of social change which did not propose a final Utopian form of society like the Utopian Socialists Claude Henri de Rouvroy, Comte de Saint-Simon and Charles Fourier, of whom Karl Marx was equally critical. Instead he believed that the direction, form and content of a more just and more democratic society should be developed in the process of revolutionizing society. He also believed the transformation of Western societies should go hand in hand with Third World liberation movements and with democratization in communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe. His socialism always had strongly Christian roots. He called Jesus Christ the "greatest revolutionary", and at Easter 1963, he wrote in his diary, "Jesus is risen. The decisive revolution in world history has happened - a revolution of all-conquering love. If people would fully receive this revealed love into their own existence, into the reality of the 'now', then the logic of insanity could no longer continue." Rosa Luxemburg Rosa Luxemburg (March 5, 1870 or 1871 – January 15, 1919, in Polish Róża Luksemburg) was a Polish-born German Marxist political theorist, socialist philosopher, and revolutionary. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Henri de Saint-Simon Claude Henri de Rouvroy, Comte de Saint-Simon, often referred to as Henri de Saint-Simon (October 17, 1760 – May 19, 1825), the founder of French socialism, was born in Paris. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Karl Heinrich Marx (May 5, 1818 Trier, Germany – March 14, 1883 London) was an immensely influential German philosopher, political economist, and revolutionary. ... For the Jamaican reggae band, see Third World (band). ... Regions of Europe Central Europe is the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe. ... Current division of Europe into five (or more) regions: one definition of Eastern Europe is marked in orange Eastern Europe as a region has several alternative definitions, whereby it can denote: the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Central Europe and Russia. ... Socialism is a social and economic system (or the political philosophy advocating such a system) in which the economic means of production are owned and controlled collectively by the people. ... Christianity is a monotheistic religion centered on Jesus of Nazareth, known by Christians as Jesus Christ, and New Testament accounts of his life and teachings. ... Jesus (8-2 BC/BCE– 29-36 AD/CE),[1] also known as Jesus of Nazareth, is the central figure of Christianity. ... For God so loved the world he gave his only begotten son ... Template:C20YearInnTopic 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ...

An early impetus for student unrest in Germany had to do with questions that the generation born during or after the war had about what had happened under the rule of Führer Adolf Hitler (1933 - 1945). These young people wanted to know why their parents had allowed it to happen. But they were met mostly with silence. Early protest actions were directed at removing former Nazis from high positions in the government and courts. (help· info) (Fuehrer in English when umlauts are not used) is a proper noun meaning leader or guide in the German language. ... (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 and Führer (Leader) of Germany from 1934 until his death. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... The term National Socialism has been used in self-description by a number of different political groups and ideologies, some of which have no connection with the Nazis; see National socialism (disambiguation). ...

Rudi Dutschke joined the German SDS Sozialistischer Deutscher Studentenbund (which was not the same as the SDS in the USA, but quite similar in goals) in 1965 and from that time on the SDS became the center of the student movement, growing very rapidly and organizing demonstrations against the war in Vietnam. Sozialistischer Deutscher Studentenbund(SDS) Der Sozialistische Deutsche Studentenbund (Socialist German Student Union) was founded 1946 in Hamburg, Germany, as the college organisation of the SPD(Socialdemocratic Party of Germany). ... SDS Button Logo The Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was a student activist movement in the United States founded in 1959. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...

Rudi Dutschke married the American Gretchen Klotz in 1966 and they had three children. The couple was ridiculed by some members of the student movement who considered marriage as reactionary.

On April 11, 1968 Dutschke was shot in the head by Josef Bachmann, a young unskilled worker who was influenced by the massive propaganda campaign of the mass media owned by Axel Springer, especially the headline "Stop Dutschke now!" in the Bild-Zeitung. After the attempted assassination in 1968, Rudi Dutschke and his family went to the United Kingdom in the hope that he could recuperate there. He was accepted at Cambridge University to finish his degree in 1969, but in 1971 the Tory government under Edward Heath expelled him and his family as an "undesirable alien" who had engaged in "subversive activity", causing a political storm in London. They then moved to Aarhus, Denmark. April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Josef Erwin Bachmann (1945 - February 24, 1970) was a German unskilled worker. ... Axel Springer (d. ... The Bild-Zeitung (often abbreviated Bild, lit. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... The University of Cambridge (often called Cambridge University), located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Sir Edward Richard George Heath, KG, MBE (9 July 1916 – 17 July 2005), soldier and politician, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975. ... This article is about the British city. ... Aarhus, ( ) also commonly known by its contemporary Danish spelling Århus, is the second largest city and the principal port of Denmark situated on the peninsula of Jutland on the northern shore of Germany. ...

Rudi Dutschke reentered the German political scene after protests against the building of nuclear power plants activated a new movement in the mid-1970s. Dutschke recognized that this movement had a far broader base than the student movement had, and that its ecological orientation was going to define the progressive direction for the next generation. A nuclear power station. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ...

He also began working with dissidents opposing the Communist governments in East Germany, Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia, including Robert Havemann, Wolf Biermann, Milan Horáček, Adam Michnik, Ota Šik and more. This article is about communism as a form of society and as a political movement. ... National motto: none Official languages German Capital East Berlin Largest city East Berlin Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 106th 108,333 km² Negligible Creation -Abolition 7 October 1949 3 October 1990 Currency East German Mark Time zone  â€“ in summer CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) National anthem Auferstanden aus Ruinen Internet... Robert Havemann (11 March 1910 - 9 April 1982) was a chemist, communist and an East German dissident. ... Wolf Biermann (15 November 1936 -) is a German singer-songwriter and former East German dissident. ... Milan Horáček (born October 30, 1946 in Velké Losiny, then in Czechoslovakia), is a German politician, a founder member of the German Green Party, and a Member of the European Parliament. ... Adam Michnik(Szechter) (born October 17, 1946 in Warsaw, Poland) is the editor-in-chief of Gazeta Wyborcza (Election Gazette), the second largest Polish newspaper. ... Ota Å ik (September 11, 1919 – August 22, 2004) was a Czech economist and politician. ...

Rudi Dutschke recovered sufficiently to play an essential role in the formation of the Green Party (established in 1980 in Germany) by convincing the former student protesters (including Joschka Fischer) to join the Green movement. As a result in October, 1979 the Greens were able to reach the 5% limit required to obtain parliamentary seats in the Bremen provincial election. Party symbol of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (literally: Alliance 90/The Greens), the German Green Party, is a political party in Germany whose regional predecessors were founded in the late 1970s as part of the new social movements. ... Joschka Fischer Joseph Martin Joschka Fischer (born April 12, 1948) was German foreign minister and Vice Chancellor in the government of Gerhard Schröder from 1998 to 2005. ... The Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (official name; German: Freie Hansestadt Bremen) is a port city in northern Germany and one of its 16 Federal States (Bundesländer). ...

Because of massive brain damage from the assassination attempt, Rudi Dutschke continued to suffer health problems. He died on 24 December 1979 in Aarhus, Denmark. He had an epileptic seizure while in the bathtub and drowned. Brain damage or brain injury is the destruction or degeneration of brain cells. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (359th in leap years). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Aarhus, ( ) also commonly known by its contemporary Danish spelling Ã…rhus, is the second largest city and the principal port of Denmark situated on the peninsula of Jutland on the northern shore of Germany. ... Epilepsy (often referred to as a seizure disorder) is a chronic neurological condition characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures. ...

The public assessment of Rudi Dutschke's political activities has undergone several changes, from the very aggressive condemnation by the Springer Press in the 1960s to a broad recognition today that the movement for which Dutschke was a leading spokesperson played an essential role in the democratization of German institutions in the post-World War II period. Axel Springer (d. ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead:17 million Civilian dead:33 million Total dead:50 million Military dead:8 million Civilian dead:4 million Total dead:12 million World War II...

See also

• Kommune 1

Kommune 1 or K1 was the first politically-motivated commune in Germany. ...

External link

• Biography at the German Historic Museum (German)

Bibliography

• Wir hatten ein barbarisches, schönes Leben by Gretchen Dutschke