Humboldt University of Berlin

Humboldt University of Berlin   (University)
Formation	1810
Headquarters	Berlin
Sponsored by	Deutsche Bank, Mercator Foundation
Experienced several drastic changes during the last century.

Humboldt University of Berlinis a public research university in central Berlin, Germany. It has experienced two drastic changes: in the years after the Second World War, when was split and the main part belonged to East Germany, and again after 1990 after the German reunification, when it experienced a massive purge of East German staff.

History

It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative of Wilhelm von Humboldt, Johann Gottlieb Fichte and Friedrich Ernst Daniel Schleiermacher as opened in 1810, making it the oldest of Berlin's four universities. From 1810 until its closure in 1945, it was named Friedrich Wilhelm University.

It was regarded as the world's preeminent university for the natural sciences during the 19th and early 20th century, as the university is linked to major breakthroughs in physics and other sciences by its professors, such as Albert Einstein. Past and present faculty and notable alumni include 57 Nobel Prize laureates (the most of any German university by a substantial margin), as well as eminent philosophers, sociologists, artists, lawyers, politicians, mathematicians, scientists, and Heads of State; among them are Albert Einstein, Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Otto von Bismarck, W. E. B. Du Bois, Angela Davis, Arthur Schopenhauer, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Walter Benjamin, Max Weber, Georg Simmel, Karl Liebknecht, Ernst Cassirer, Heinrich Heine, Max Planck and the Brothers Grimm.

During the Cold War the university found itself in East Berlin and was de facto split in two when the Free University of Berlin opened in West Berlin, and retaining traditions and faculty members of the old Friedrich Wilhelm University. The name of the Free University refers to West Berlin's perceived status as part of the Western "free world," in contrast to the "unfree" Communist world in general and the "unfree" communist-controlled university in East Berlin in particular.The eastern part of university received its current name in honour of Alexander and Wilhelm von Humboldt in 1949.

After the German reunification, the university was radically restructured under the Structure and Appointment Commissions, which were presided by West German professors.For departments on social sciences and humanities, the faculty was subjected to a "liquidation" process, in which contracts of employees were terminated and positions were made open to new academics, mainly West Germans. As a result, only 10% of the mid-level academics in Humboldt University still had a position in 1998.

Because of the sudden change in direction after 1945 and again in 1990, the alumni from are from mixed traditions.

Deutsche Bank funding

In 2006, just two years before the outbreak of the financial crisis of 2008, Deutsche Bank had reached an agreement with the Humboldt University and Technical University of Berlin to establish a research institute that would primarily deal with the risks of the financial markets and their products. Deutsche Bank financed the so-called "Quantitative Products Laboratory" as the sole funder with three million euros per year. Initially, no details of the deal were disclosed. But an outraged professor made the contract public in the spring of 2011.

The agreement stipulated that Deutsche Bank set the tone in the research institute. The institute, it was said, was located "in close proximity to Deutsche Bank", as it was aimed at "close cooperation in terms of content". Furthermore, the contract stipulated that the choice of the two professorships had to be made "in agreement with Deutsche Bank". In the case of individual research projects, Deutsche Bank was even allowed to decide which results were to be published and which were not. The results must be submitted to the bank for approval, it is written in the contract. This is to ensure that the "interests of Deutsche Bank are not affected". The mention of the bank by name in a publication is "in any case only permissible with the prior written consent of Deutsche Bank".

 

Sponsors

Event	Description
Deutsche Bank	German bank
Mercator Foundation	German foundation financing projects of deep state interest and buying control over the narrative, especially on "climate change" and pro-migration. Frequently connected to censorship initiatives.

 

Alumni on Wikispooks

Person	Born	Died	Nationality	Summary	Description
Rüdiger Altmann	1 December 1922	13 February 2000	Germany	Author Intellectual	Student of Carl Schmitt who became speechwriter for Chancellor Ludwig Erhard, before becoming a spokesman for German industry. Attended Bilderberg/1969.
Theodor Benzinger	23 August 1905	26 October 1999	Germany US	Researcher
Otto von Bismarck	1 April 1815	30 July 1898		Deep politician	German deep politician, Chancellor of the German Empire 1871-1890
Karl Brandt	9 January 1899	8 July 1975	Germany US	Economist	German/US agricultural economist who attended the 1959 Bilderberg.
Nejat Eczacıbaşı	5 January 1913	6 October 1993	Turkey	Chemist Deep state operative Businessperson	Triple Bilderberger Turkish businessman who co-founded Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association
Friedrich Engels	28 November 1820	5 August 1895	Germany	Author Socialism
Richard Jaeger	16 February 1913	15 May 1998	Germany	Politician	German politician
Hans Jonas	10 May 1903	5 February 1993	Germany US	Philosopher	German-born American Jewish philosopher
Michael Josselson	2 March 1908	7 January 1978	US	Spook Polyglot	CIA agent who set up the Congress for Cultural Freedom in 1950.
Otto Kersten	1928	1982	Germany	Leader of the Labour Party	General Secretary of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions who attended two Bilderberg meetings in the 1970s.
Kurt Lewin		12 February 1947			Described "groupthink".
Richard Löwenthal	15 April 1908	9 August 1991	Germany	Journalist Academic Deep state operative	A Jewish exile from Nazi Germany, he soon was attached to US and UK intelligence services. After the war became a major intellectual in the Social Democratic Party of Germany, and often consulted by the SPD’s leaders, especially Willy Brandt and Ernst Reuter. He attended the 1968 Bilderberg conference.
Karl Marx	5 May 1818	14 March 1883	Germany Stateless	Author Socialism	Founder of Marxism, which has been interpreted many various ways ever since.
Klaus Mehnert	10 October 1906	2 January 1984	Germany	Journalist	German journalist who attended the 1959 Bilderberg
Selim Sarper	14 June 1899	11 October 1968	Turkey	Diplomat Politician	Attended the 1959 Bilderberg in Turkey. Became Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs on the day after the 1960 Turkish coup d'état
Shepard Stone	31 March 1908	4 May 1990	US	Spook Propagandist	New York Times propagandist and Bilderberg Steering committee member who was Director of International Affairs of the Ford Foundation for 15 years.
Jona von Ustinov	2 December 1892	1 December 1962	Germany	Spook
Hendrik Verwoerd	8 September 1901	6 September 1966		Politician Editor Professor++++++++++++++++	Verwoerd nicknamed the "father of apartheid"

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