Freiheit
Encyclopedia
Freiheit is the German word for both freedom
and liberty
.
It may also refer to:
Political parties:
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Culture:
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People:
Freedom (political)
Political freedom is a central philosophy in Western history and political thought, and one of the most important features of democratic societies...
and liberty
Liberty
Liberty is a moral and political principle, or Right, that identifies the condition in which human beings are able to govern themselves, to behave according to their own free will, and take responsibility for their actions...
.
It may also refer to:
Political parties:
- Süd-Tiroler Freiheit (STF) a nationalist political party active, see South Tyrolean FreedomSouth Tyrolean FreedomThe South Tyrolean Freedom is a separatist German-speaking political party active in South Tyrol committed to the reunification of South Tyrol with the state of Tyrol within Austria....
- Die Freiheit - a political party in Germany, see Freedom – Civil Rights Party for More Freedom and Democracy
Newspapers and magazines:
- Freiheit (1879) (1879-1910), an anarchist journal established by Johann Most in London and moved to New York
- Die FreiheitDie Freiheit (1918)Die Freiheit was a daily newspaper published from Berlin between 1918 and 1922. Die Freiheit was the organ of the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany . Rudolf Hilferding was the editor-in-chief of the newspaper....
, daily of the Independent Social Democratic Party of GermanyIndependent Social Democratic Party of GermanyThe Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany was a short-lived political party in Germany during the Second Reich and the Weimar Republic. The organization was established in 1917 as the result of a split of left wing members of the Social Democratic Party of Germany... - Junge FreiheitJunge FreiheitThe Junge Freiheit is a German weekly newspaper for politics and culture, that describes itself as liberal-conservative...
, a German weekly newspaper with nationalistic tendencies - Morgen FreiheitMorgen FreiheitThe New York city-based Morgen Freiheit was a daily Yiddish language newspaper affiliated with the Communist Party, USA, founded by Moissaye Olgin in 1922. After the end of World War II the paper's editors developed criticisms of the Soviet Union and thereby clashed with the leaders of the...
(1922-1988), Yiddish-language daily of the Communist Party USACommunist Party USAThe Communist Party USA is a Marxist political party in the United States, established in 1919. It has a long, complex history that is closely related to the histories of similar communist parties worldwide and the U.S. labor movement....
Culture:
- Faustrecht der Freiheit, the original title of the 1974 film Fox and His FriendsFox and His FriendsFox and His Friends, is a 1975 West German film written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, starring Fassbinder himself, Peter Chatel and Karlheinz Böhm. The plot follows the misadventures of a working-class homosexual who falls in love with the elegant son of an industrialist...
- FreiheitFreiheit (short film)Freiheit is a 1966 short film by George Lucas. It follows a student's attempt to escape to freedom. This student tries to run across the Berlin border, but ends up being shot in the chest and side gut and is mortally wounded. While he dies, he thinks about dying for freedom...
, a 1966 short film by George Lucas - Freiheit, the original title of Leo Perutz's 1918 novel From Nine to NineFrom Nine to NineFrom Nine to Nine or Between Nine and Nine is a novel by Leo Perutz first published in 1918. It is about a turbulent day in the life of an impoverished student in Imperial Vienna...
- Freiheit, an EP released in 2004 by UnheiligUnheiligUnheilig is a German Neue Deutsche Härte band with various pop and electronic influences. The band founded in 2000 and now consists of principally Der Graf , with his live musicians Licky, Henning Verlage and Potti.-Early years 1999–2009:In 1999, together with Grant Stevens Unheilig (German for...
- Freiheit, an album by German rapper Curse
- Große Freiheit Nr. 7Große Freiheit Nr. 7Große Freiheit Nr. 7 is a 1944 German musical drama film directed by Helmut Käutner. It was named after Große Freiheit , a street next to Hamburg's Reeperbahn road in the St...
, a 1944 German musical drama film - Münchener FreiheitMünchener FreiheitMünchener Freiheit is a German pop and rock band that had released seventeen albums by 2007, six of which have gone gold and have sold over five million copies in Europe. They are named after a square in the city of Munich in Germany, meaning "Munich liberty"...
, a German band also known as simply Freiheit
Places:
- Alte Freiheit, a historic square in WuppertalWuppertalWuppertal is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in and around the Wupper river valley, and is situated east of the city of Düsseldorf and south of the Ruhr area. With a population of approximately 350,000, it is the largest city in the Bergisches Land...
-Elberfeld - Freiheit an der Aupa, former German name of the town Svoboda nad ÚpouSvoboda nad ÚpouSvoboda nad Úpou is a town in the Czech Republic....
in the Czech Republic. - Große Freiheit, a cross street on the North Side to Hamburg's ReeperbahnReeperbahnThe Reeperbahn is a street in Hamburg's St. Pauli district, one of the two centres of Hamburg's nightlife and also the city's red-light district...
- Münchner Freiheit, a square in Munich's SchwabingSchwabingSchwabing is a borough in the northern part of Munich, the capital of the German state of Bavaria. It is divided into the city borough 4 and the city borough 12...
People:
- Inge Nahlik-Freiheit, German singer
- Jan Freiheit (* 1962), German musician
- Peter Freiheit, German composer