Why was Freedom House founded?
Freedom House was created in 1941 by prominent Americans concerned about the U.S. policy of isolationism as Nazism threatened to engulf Europe. The organization’s name was intended to counter the Brown House, the Nazi party headquarters in Germany where Adolf Hitler maintained an office. After World War II, Freedom House turned its focus to the struggle against Communism and embraced the organization’s mission to expand freedom worldwide and strengthen human rights and civil liberties in the United States. Read more about Freedom House’s history.
Freedom House was created in 1941 by prominent Americans concerned about the U.S. policy of isolationism as Nazism threatened to engulf Europe. The organization’s name was intended to counter the Brown House, the Nazi party headquarters in Germany where Adolf Hitler maintained an office. After World War II, Freedom House turned its focus to the struggle against Communism and other threats to freedom irrespective of ideology and embraced the organization’s mission to expand freedom worldwide and strengthen human rights and civil liberties in the United States. Read more about Freedom House’s history.
