Konrad Adenauer began his post-war career as a party leader and, to a great extent, he continued to see himself as a party leader after taking office as chancellor. ... Collection: Stiftung ...

Konrad Adenauer had a rough-edged personality, and he was well aware of the importance of his office. I believe that when he became chancellor at the age of 73, he was the right man at the right ...

The leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Friedrich Merz addresses a press conference after a CDU party leadership's meeting at the party's headquarters the Konrad-Adenauer-Haus in ...

This detailed, lucid biography of Konrad Adenauer retraces his long career from mayor of Cologne in the 1920s to chancellor of the young Federal Republic. Williams describes a man who exhibited ...

The leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Friedrich Merz addresses a press conference at the party's headquarters the Konrad-Adenauer-Haus in Berlin, on February 24, 2025, one day ...

Every airy room in the 1930s villa is just as it was left by the man of the house: West Germany's first chancellor Konrad Adenauer. In the hall, two black rotary phones, ...

It was one of the major corruption scandals of 1950s West Germany. Now, a never-completed luxury villa meant for Chancellor Konrad Adenauer has a new owner — who paid less than the cost of ...

B’nai B’rith today made known it has appealed to German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, who is visiting Washington, for his “personal attention” in correcting “inequities” in West German ...

“Dr. Adenauer’s statement served as the starting point for the negotiations with the Claims Conference and the Government of Israel, which led ultimately to the signing of the Luxembourg ...