Georg von Rauch
| Georg von Rauch | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 12, 1947 Marburg, West Germany |
| Died | December 4, 1971 (aged 24) Schöneberg, West Germany |
| Organization | Movement 2 June |
Georg von Rauch (12 May 1947 — 4 December 1971) was a member of the left-radical Blues-Scene in West-Berlin at the end of the 1960s during the German student movement.
Georg von Rauch was born in Marburg. His father, the historian Georg von Rauch, was a university lecturer in philosophy at Marburg University. The family moved to Kiel, where Rauch passed the Abitur in 1966 and started studying philosophy at Kiel University. Also in 1966, he married the painter Illo Wittlich, who gave birth to a daughter in 1967.
The heated climate of the German student movement following the shooting of Benno Ohnesorg on 2 June 1967 made Rauch move to Berlin in order to participate in the political protests originating from Freie Universität. He joined the Socialist German Student Union and was engaged in several left-wing protests in favour of a better education policy and against the Vietnam War, which led to his radicalisation.
During this period, Rauch lived in a commune in Berlin-Charlottenburg in an apartment rented by lawyer and left-wing radical Otto Schily, who later became German Interior Minister. The group called itself Wieland-Kommune after famous Kommune 1 and had Michael Baumann as one of its leading figures. The philosophy of Wieland-Kommune saw a merger of socialism and Hippie culture, including the use of drugs and the embracing of the sexual revolution. Livelihood was achieved by illegal printing and sale of socialist literature and shoplifting (which was called "proletarian shopping").
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