Freie Universität Berlin

A Legacy of Exchange Reveals Fascinating Stories

Musicians and doctors, heroes and opportunists, luminaries and people long forgotten: students compile research findings in a blog on Arab-German history at Freie Universität Berlin

Gravestones and “Stolpersteine”

Historian Hanno Hochmuth has documented the stories of Jewish families with the help of students from Freie Universität Berlin

Sowing the Seeds of Success for Thirty Years

Dahlem is home to the biggest and oldest seed bank for wild plants in Germany – 2024 marks its thirtieth anniversary

When Researchers Are Forced to Flee Their Countries

The Sudanese veterinarian Khalid Mohammedsalih from Nyala University in Sudan is conducting research at Freie Universität Berlin as a fellow of the Scholar Rescue Fund

Culture of Remembrance: The Trail of Books

The library of the Higher Institute for Jewish Studies, a rabbinical seminary in Berlin from 1872 to 1942, contained 60,000 volumes. One that disappeared during the Nazi era remained unnoticed in the stacks of Freie Universität’s University Library.

“The Christian Evangelical movement has had a lot of success in influencing public opinion for a very long time”

“Tunisia is one of the many secondary arenas of this war”

campus.leben series: “How have research and teaching changed since October 7, 2023?” / Political scientist Mariam Salehi

"Harris still has the opportunity to commit to supporting reparations for slavery in the US"

Dr. Helen Gibson, Department of History, John F. Kennedy Institute

“For over two hundred years, emotions have always been crucial for US voters”

Jessica Gienow-Hecht, professor of North American history at the John F. Kennedy Institute of North American Studies