Page "German student movement" Paragraph 24

The spirit of the students in Berlin spread across the whole country.

In autumn 1967 there were organized protest groups at nearly all universities in Germany.

In the following months some of the largest and most brutal demonstrations in the history of the German republic happened.

The press, especially the tabloid Bild-Zeitung newspaper was telling the public what to think about those protesters.

Its publisher, Axel Springer, did not publish any positive articles about the students.

Springer supported the government and was spreading the government's views among its readers.