He attended the Free University of Berlin, studying German literature and theater, and became one of the founders of Kommune 1 in West Berlin on Stuttgarter Platz in January 1967, the nation's first politically motivated commune.
He attended the Free University of Berlin, studying German literature and theater, which also allowed him to avoid conscription. Together with German student movement leader Rudi Dutschke and other radicals became one of the founders in January 1967 of Kommune 1 in West Berlin on Stuttgarter Platz, the nation's first politically motivated commune.