 Until the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961, many students came from the soviet sector, often supported through the ""Währungsstipendium"" of the senate.On 26 June 1963, the same day he held his famous "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech at Rathaus Schöneberg, John F. Kennedy was awarded honorary citizen by the Free University and held a ceremonial speech in front of the Henry Ford building in which he addressed the future of Berlin and Germany under the consideration of the motto of the FU.Amongst the attendant crowd are also the Governing Mayor of Berlin Willy Brandt and the Chancellor of Germany Konrad Adenauer.