Post-1968 West Germany entered a reform era partly caused by the protest movement itself

Evidence

But the reaction only came later. To begin with, something surprising took place: a period of reform, which was partly an effect of the protest movement, but which also partly accelerated its disintegration, and diverted young people’s commitments into traditional channels, on the one hand, and subcultural resistance on the other. In March 1969 Gustav Heinemann was elected Federal President. Earlier on in his career, he had resigned from office as Home Secretary in protest against Adenauer’s plans for rearmament, and had been a co-founder of the All-German People’s Party (the Gesamtdeutsche Volkspartei, GVP), which at the time had been the only party that stood for German neutrality. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2676

Categorization

• XREF: Heinemann’s GVP as the only neutrality party echoes the earlier scholarly and political debates about German neutrality and rearmament seen across the Frankfurt School and West German politics literature. — connects to: Technocratic university reform triggered the 1968-69 student strikes — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2659; Ohnesorg’s shooting triggered nationwide student protest in West Germany — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2611; The 1968 student movement regarded the Frankfurt School elders as traitors to the revolution — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 6 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Nazi rule and restoration alienated postwar Germans from utopian-social criticism #contradicts (0.75)
• The 1968 student movement regarded the Frankfurt School elders as traitors to the revolution #responds-to (0.70) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 6