US EditionNew Historian Study: "Never More than Ever Said – Altmaier Criticizes Adenauer's Dealings with the Nazi Past
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Founding chancellor Konrad Adenauer has established the Chancellery with many former Nazis. This is confirmed by a new study. Does this make his life's work worse?
A new study takes a critical look at the politics of the post-war period: Under Chancellor Adenauer up to 38 percent of the senior officials had an NSDAP past. Peter Altmaier (CDU) draws a bitter conclusion: "Too many looked away.
Former Chief of Staff Peter Altmaier criticizes former Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's (1949 to 1963) handling of the Nazi past. "As Chancellor, Adenauer almost never commented on the dark sides of German history," Altmaier writes in a guest article in "Der Spiegel." "He knew about the desire of the vast majority for a 'line under the books' and an end to denazification and reappraisal." Altmaier presents a disturbing picture: "Since 1951, a consid…
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