▁birth s ▁Category : Activ ision ▁Category : American ▁video ▁game ▁design ers ▁Category : American ▁video ▁game ▁program mers ▁Category : Comput er ▁program mers ▁Category : L iving ▁people ▁Category : F air le igh ▁Dick inson ▁University ▁al umn i <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁H arn ack ▁House ▁( G erman : ▁H arn ack - H aus ) ▁in ▁the ▁D ah lem ▁district ▁of ▁Berlin , ▁Germany ▁was ▁opened ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 9 ▁as ▁a ▁centre ▁for ▁German ▁scientific ▁and ▁intellectual ▁life . ▁ ▁Loc ated ▁in ▁the ▁intellectual ▁col ony ▁of ▁D ah lem , ▁seat ▁of ▁the ▁Free ▁University ▁Berlin , ▁it ▁was ▁founded ▁by ▁the ▁Kaiser ▁Wilhelm ▁Gesellschaft ▁( K W G ) ▁on ▁the ▁initi ative ▁of ▁its ▁first ▁president , ▁the ▁the olog ian ▁Adolf ▁von ▁H arn ack , ▁and ▁of ▁its ▁then ▁chairman , ▁Friedrich ▁Gl um . ▁ ▁The ▁project ▁was ▁supported ▁polit ically ▁by ▁the ▁We imar ▁Republic ▁Chan cell or ▁Wilhelm ▁Marx ▁and ▁Foreign ▁Minister ▁Gustav ▁Str es emann , ▁and ▁an ▁influ ential ▁Centre ▁Party ▁deput y ▁Georg ▁Sch rei ber . ▁ ▁The ▁land ▁for ▁its ▁construction ▁was ▁don ated ▁by ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁Pr uss ia , ▁and ▁the ▁costs ▁of ▁building ▁and ▁furn ishing ▁the ▁house ▁were ▁def rayed ▁partly ▁by ▁the ▁government ▁( which ▁contributed ▁ 1 . 5 ▁million ▁marks ), ▁and ▁partly ▁by ▁public ▁subscription ▁( which ▁raised ▁about ▁ 1 . 3 ▁million ▁marks ). ▁▁▁ ▁The ▁original ▁purpose