On 27 March 1952, a package addressed to Chancellor Adenauer exploded in the Munich Police Headquarters, killing one Bavarian police officer.

Heuss ' plans for a new national anthem were aborted by Adenauer, who – in rare accordance with Kurt Schumacher – had the third stanza of the old Deutschlandlied established in 1952.

Konrad Adenauer was born as the third of five children of Johann Konrad Adenauer ( 1833 – 1906 ) and his wife Helene ( née Scharfenberg ; 1849 – 1919 ) in Cologne, Rhenish Prussia.

His was an ideology at odds with many in the CDU, who wished to unite socialism and Christianity ; Adenauer preferred to stress the dignity of the individual, and he considered both communism and Nazism materialist world views that violated human dignity.

Adenauer and his cabinet were unanimous in their rejection of the Stalin overture ; they shared the Western Allies ' suspicion about the genuineness of that offer and supported the Allies in their cautious replies.

It was a policy that attracted criticism ; however, Adenauer started his administration from absolute zero, and " it would have been folly to deprive the fledgling republic of the services of civil servants and professionals for that reason alone.

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Grewe himself writes that he devised the broad outlines of the policy, but mainly as one of a number of options, the decisions being made by the foreign minister, Brentano, and the chancellor, Adenauer ; in any case, the name Hallstein doctrine may be something of a misnomer.

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In addition both the American and French occupying powers favoured Adenauer and did all they could to assist his campaign ; the British remained neutral.

The frescoes were unveiled during the seven-hundredth anniversary celebrations of the founding of the Marienkirche ; present dignitaries included various government ministers, including Federal Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.

The Christian Democratic ( CDU ) leader, 73-year-old Konrad Adenauer, former mayor of Cologne and party chairman in the British Zone since March 1946, believed in moderate, non-denominational and humanist Christian democracy ( see, for example, Dennis L. Bark and David R. Gress, A History of West Germany, volume 1: 1945-1963: From Shadow to Substance, London, UK: Basil Blackwell, 1989 ; Erling Bjöl, Grimberg's History of the Nations, volume 23: The Rich West, " The Giant Dwarf: West Germany ," Helsinki: WSOY, 1985 ), social market economy and integration with the West.

In Bavaria, the Hans-Seidel-Foundation operates in lieu of the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation ; in Schleswig-Holstein, the Hermann-Ehlers-Foundation assumes the Adenauer Foundation's role.

In his last years in office, Adenauer used to take a nap after lunch and, when he was traveling abroad and had a public function to attend, he sometimes asked for a bed in a room close to where he was supposed to be speaking, so that he could rest briefly before he appeared.

Federal Chancellor Adenauer ( who was also the Christian Democratic leader ) campaigned on his policies of economic reconstruction and growth, moderate conservatism or Christian democracy, and close relations with the United States.

If the party of Adenauer and Erhart, with 45 per cent of the vote, approaches the party of Willy Brandt, which won 36 per cent, the result would be a stiffening of the old resolve.

Before the speech, US delegations met with Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, and French President Charles de Gaulle to brief them on the US intelligence and their proposed response.

Beginning with the replacement of the Reichsmark with the Deutsche Mark as legal tender, a lasting period of low inflation and rapid industrial growth was overseen by the government led by German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and his minister of economics, Ludwig Erhard, raising West Germany from total wartime devastation to one of the most developed nations in modern Europe.

An expressionist painting with mayor Adenauer ( in grey ) together with artists and a boxer.

Adenauer headed Cologne during the First World War, working closely with the army to maximize the city's role as a rear base of supply and transportation for the Western Front.

In the face of the collapse of the old regime and the threat of revolution and widespread disorder in late 1918, Adenauer maintained control in Cologne using his good working relationship with the Social Democrats.

By early February Adenauer finally realized that all talk and all attempts at compromise with the Nazis were futile.

Adenauer worked diligently at building up contacts and support in the CDU over the next years, and he sought with varying success to impose his particular ideology on the party.

Theodor Heuss was elected the first President of the Republic, and Adenauer was elected Chancellor ( head of government ) on 16 September 1949 with the support of his own CDU, the Christian Social Union and the liberal Free Democratic Party.

During the early years of his chancellorship and with a broad consensus within the West German establishment in favor of amnesty and integration, Adenauer pressed for the ending of denazification efforts.

Konrad Adenauer with minister of economics Ludwig Erhard, 1956.

Konrad Adenauer with Israeli President Zalman Shazar, 1966.

Adenauer firmly integrated the country with the emerging Euro-Atlantic community ( NATO and the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation ).

The Adenauer era witnessed a dramatic rise in the standard of living of average Germans, with real wages doubling between 1950 and 1963.

Adenauer with the mother of a German POW brought home in 1955 from the Soviet Union, due to Adenauer's visit to Moscow

Concluding that the United States would eventually pull out of Western Europe, Adenauer pursued nuclear cooperation with other countries.

Adenauer was not on good terms with his economics minister Ludwig Erhard and tried to block him from the chancellorship.

The obverse side shows a portrait with the names Robert Schuman, Paul-Henri Spaak and Konrad Adenauer.

* On April 6, 2010, with a lifespan of 33 342 days he surpassed Konrad Adenauer in terms of longevity and is now the oldest former chancellor in German history.

Ludwig Erhard with Konrad Adenauer in 1956

After the resignation of Adenauer in 1963, Erhard was elected Chancellor with 279 against 180 votes in the Bundestag on 16 October.

That this and the closing of the East Berlin-West Berlin border have not been accepted by the Western governments appears in notes which Britain, France, and the United States sent to Moscow after the latter's gratuitous protest over a visit of Chancellor Adenauer and other West German officials to West Berlin.

* 1963 – The Elysée treaty of cooperation between France and Germany is signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer.

Plaque commemorating the restoration of relations between Germany and France, showing Adenauer and Charles de Gaulle.

Under Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, West Germany rebuilt relationships with France, the United States, and Israel.

In his political work Mann first praised the West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer for his course towards integration with France and the United States.

This declaration of principles that included their judgement for the necessary future developments was signed by Konrad Adenauer ( West Germany ), Paul van Zeeland, Joseph Meurice ( Belgium ) Robert Schuman ( France ) Count Sforza ( Italy ) Joseph Bech ( Luxembourg ) and Dirk Stikker, Jan van den Brink ( The Netherlands ).

In the Paris Agreements of 23 October 1954, France offered to establish an independent " Saarland ", under the auspices of the Western European Union ( WEU ), but a referendum held on 23 October 1955 rejected this plan by 67. 7 % to 32. 3 % ( out of a 96. 5 % turnout: 423, 434 against, 201, 975 for ) despite the public support of West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer for the plan.

Sturzo in France founded an international movement that supported the creation of a European common market and European integration to prevent war, amongst those who attended the group included future German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, Alcide de Gasperi, and Robert Schuman.