Word: dahlem
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Rape, plunder and suicide became commonplace. Soldiers entered the Haus Dahlem, an orphanage, maternity hospital and foundling home, and repeatedly raped pregnant women and those who had recently given birth. All told, the number of rape victims in Berlin-ranging from women of 70 to little girls of ten-will never be known, although Ryan reports estimates from doctors that run from...
Shaky as it seemed, the Free University thrived.* Regularly supported until 1954 by the U.S. Government, which has given $7.8 million so far, the university got more hefty aid from the Ford Foundation. Today, it has 82 buildings (17 new) in suburban Dahlem, 180 fulltime professors, top schools of law and Eastern European studies, an annual budget of $7,500,000. As their part, West Berlin taxpayers cough up 2½ times more per student than West Germans contribute to their own universities. Free University students (one-third girls) pay about $50 tuition per semester, and 30% of them have...