The Freistudentschaft was a German student body established in

Wilhelmine Germany The Wilhelmine period or Wilhelmian era () comprises the period of German history between 1888 and 1918, embracing the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II in the German Empire from the death of Kaiser Friedrich III until the end of World War I and Wilhel ...

in 1900. It brought together students on a liberal basis, rejecting the

uniforms A uniform is a variety of costume worn by members of an organization while usually participating in that organization's activity. Modern uniforms are most often worn by armed forces and paramilitary organizations such as police, emergency ser ...

other aspects of the

German Student Corps Corps (or Korps; "''das ~''" ('' n''), (''sg.''), (''pl.'')) are the oldest still-existing kind of '' Studentenverbindung'', Germany's traditional university corporations; their roots date back to the 15th century. The oldest corps still exist ...

. Students outside these Corps were called the "Nicht-Inkorporierten" (not-incorporated). However a dilemma soon arose as regards to whether the organisation should be non-political and embrace all the Nicht-Inkorporierten, or adopt an ideology to advance specific reforms. Felix W. Behrend wrote the first programme.

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