Katja Hoyer Katja Hoyer

‘The truth will make us free’: students on the march in post-war Europe

The radical Rudi Dutschke in 1960s Berlin and the angry Johnny Rotten in 1970s London are just two of the charismatic figures in this history of youth activism

Rudi Dutschke speaking out against the Vietnam War, Berlin, 1968. [Getty Images] 
issue 21 October 2023

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