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 . His brother , Robert F. Kennedy visited the university in 1962 for the first time and in June 1964 for receiving his honorary degree from the '' Department of Philosophy '' . The speech he held at the event was dedicated to John F. Kennedy , who was assassinated just the year before
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