Tag: Konrad Adenauer
BND: Interview with the historian Klaus-Dietmar Henke – culture
New research shows how steep Nazi careers continued after 1945 at the BND. Klaus-Dietmar Henke, spokesman for the commission of historians responsible for processing the history of the BND, is…
70 years "Luxembourg Agreement": Redemption World Champion
With the “Luxembourg Agreement” in 1952, Germany committed itself to paying compensation for the persecution of the Jews. Impressions of the ceremony with harp accompaniment. source site
Henry Kissinger’s “state art” about six extraordinary people. – Politics
Henry Kissinger certainly did not write quite as many books as were written about himself. However, the diplomat, strategist, historian, politician, lobbyist and presence master of world politics does not…
Column by Norbert Frei: The “compensation” 70 years ago – opinion
A few Germans and Israelis are cautiously exploring possible compensation options. The secret contacts are followed by months of negotiations, official and tough. But shortly before the meeting between the…
Prantl’s gaze: The smile of the angel of Reims
Sixty years ago, Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer staged Franco-German reconciliation in Reims Cathedral. Hereditary enmity became hereditary friendship. How stubborn hope works – because the future of Europe…
Hannah Arendt and the statute of limitations: Towards the end
Can the guilt of Nazi criminals become time-barred? The philosopher Hannah Arendt answered the question clearly in 1965 – in this hitherto unpublished letter. source site
Prantl’s look: When the state saw red. An SZ story from 1957. – Politics
Of Heribert Prantl The story I’m telling takes place at a time when the Nazi officials had burned the old brown party book and bought a new one. It is…
Federal Government: Between Magic and Erosion
Michael Mertes provides a well-founded description of the cycles of power, of upheaval and decline in the republic since 1949. Basically, this is nothing less than a guide for Olaf…
Nuremberg: 50 Pfennig lockers abolished – Bavaria
The Lorenzer Passage was the last place so far where you could still use your 50-pfennig pieces. And now? Tempi passati. So far, Nuremberg has certainly had a superlative. Nuremberg,…
Nuremberg was the last place where you could pay with 50 pfennigs. – Bavaria
The Lorenzer Passage was the last place so far where you could still use your 50-pfennig pieces. And now? Tempi passati. So far, Nuremberg has certainly had a superlative. Nuremberg,…