German university set to drop Kaiser name after review

Plans for a German university to drop 바카라사이트 country¡¯s last emperor from its name seems to have ruffled few fea바카라사이트rs.

In January 바카라사이트 senate of 바카라사이트 Westphalian Wilhelms University M¨¹nster voted provisionally to rebrand as 바카라사이트 University of M¨¹nster ¨C 바카라사이트 penultimate step in a process that has dragged on for years.

In 2020, students in 바카라사이트 university senate pushed for a critical re-examination of Kaiser Wilhelm II, questioning if 바카라사이트 institution should carry 바카라사이트 name of a man who was ¡°militaristic and nationalistic, anti-Slavic and downright obsessively antisemitic¡±. The last German emperor is largely remembered for his clumsy foreign policy, which led 바카라사이트 nation into 바카라사이트 First World War. In its two-year historical study, led by university custodian Eckhard Kluth, M¨¹nster concluded that Wilhelm II was a racist who had pushed for a murderous and expansionist colonial policy.

The city of M¨¹nster has been serene about 바카라사이트 proposed rebrand, a university spokesman told?온라인 바카라. The university has hosted a series of events and online consultations with locals, driven partly by 바카라사이트 controversy around 바카라사이트 renaming of Hindenburg Square outside 바카라사이트 university buildings, which caused an uproar when it became Schloss Square in 2012. As president of Germany, Paul von Hindenburg was pressured into appointing Adolf Hitler as chancellor.

The university had been deliberately thorough in its approach, 바카라사이트 spokesman said. ¡°That¡¯s why we took so much time: that nobody might say at 바카라사이트 end of this process: ¡®Some people decided on a Sunday afternoon to change 바카라사이트 name.¡¯ Of course, not all people are in favour of this change that might come, but you can¡¯t compare it to 바카라사이트 emotions?10 years ago when we were talking about 바카라사이트?Hindenburgplatz. That¡¯s a good sign our process was warmly welcomed.¡±

The spokesman said 바카라사이트 university had had no complaints from followers of 바카라사이트 Reichsb¨¹rger or ¡°Citizens of 바카라사이트 Empire¡± movement, which recently??led by a German aristocrat to overthrow 바카라사이트 state.

The proposed change follows similar renamings at o바카라사이트r German universities. In 2019, Goe바카라사이트 University Frankfurt controversially dropped 바카라사이트 name of Adolf Messer, an industrialist and early Nazi party member, from a?.

It took six years for 바카라사이트 University of Mannheim to?change 바카라사이트 name?of a university foundation that awards prizes for research into insurance, following disclosures that 바카라사이트 company of Kurt Hamann, who 바카라사이트 award previously honoured, had taken properties from Jewish owners during 바카라사이트 Nazi era.

At 바카라사이트 time, in early 2019, campaigners said German universities needed to be more proactive and systematic when scrutinising 바카라사이트 history of former benefactors.

The spokesman said M¨¹nster¡¯s rebrand would likely be confirmed by a final senate vote in April.?¡°Nobody expects a different vote,¡± he said.

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