Tag: Konrad Adenauer
Munich in books by Gerhard Köpf: A city full of tricksters and show-offs
In his volume of short stories “The Prompter” and the novel “Adenauer’s Clock”, the writer Gerhard Köpf devotes himself to loners and failures – and also tells a lot about…
Lufthansa buys Olaf Scholz’s broken-down jet – Economy
Ultimately, it was the mishaps in Abu Dhabi that decided the fate of the Konrad Adenauer have sealed. Last August, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock tried in vain to use the…
Contemporary history: embarrassment all around
In Austria, what is so difficult to say in Germany is now being said: accomplices of the Nazi era such as Adenauer’s State Secretary Hans Globke should not be honored…
Obituary for the Chancellor photographer Konrad Rufus Müller: Light, no pomp – culture
Exactly a year ago, he spoke openly about his cancer on the phone, but it was also a secret. Over the years, Konrad Rufus Müller always steered many of his…
Who got the big medals with the laurel wreath – opinion
Big crosses and big ceremonies: How Theodor Heuss invented the order for Konrad Adenauer, which the Christian Democrats don’t want to celebrate in the case of Angela Merkel. Ingratitude is…
Bavaria: Figures stolen from Ludwig Erhard – Bavaria
Two sculptures showing the former Chancellor have been stolen in front of the Ludwig Erhard Center in Fürth. The plastic sculptures, which are about 50 centimeters tall, have a total…
ZDF founding director Holzamer: Prehistory in the Third Reich – media
From Willie Winkler ZDF founding director Karl Holzamer, the broadcaster reported in a detailed press release on Tuesday, denied his membership in the NSDAP and concealed the fact that he…
Maassen and the CDU: Where is the border to the right? – Politics
From Jan Bielicki and Iris Mayer Twelve o’clock in the afternoon. The CDU presidium has given party member Hans-Georg Maassen a dramatic ultimatum. The former president of the Federal Office…
Celebrity News: Actor Matthias Brandt does not celebrate New Year’s Eve – Panorama
Matthew Brandt, 61, actor, doesn’t celebrate New Year’s Eve. “The last time was probably when I was 18 years old,” he told the German Press Agency. The reason he gave…
Exclusive: Konrad Rufus Müller photographed Chancellor Scholz – culture
Konrad R. Müller has photographed all German heads of government since Adenauer, now Olaf Scholz too. The portrait is the best answer to the question of who the Chancellor actually…