 After the assassination of student Benno Ohnesorg and the attempt on Rudi Dutschke's life, protests quickly escalated to violence in all of Germany.The events of the 68-movement provided the impulse for more openness, equality, and democracy in German society.During the 1970s and the 1980s, the university became a ""Massenuniversität"" ("mass/mega university") with 50,298 registered students in 1983.