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Up for sale "German Chancellor" Konrad Adenauer Hand Signed Thank You Card Dated 1957. The card reads, "Thank you very much for congratulations
sent to me for the new year. I was genuinely happy about commemorating this. I
reply with wishes just as warmly"
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Konrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer (German: [ˈkɔnʁaːt ˈʔaːdənaʊɐ] (
); 5 January 1876 – 19
April 1967) was a German statesman who served as the first Chancellor of the
Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) from 1949 to 1963. He was co-founder and first
leader of the Christian
Democratic Union (CDU) (until 1966), a Christian Democratic party that under his leadership
became one of the most influential parties in the country. In the early years
of the Federal Republic he switched focus from denazification to recovery and led his country from the
ruins of World War II to becoming a productive and prosperous nation that
forged close relations with France, the United Kingdom and the United States. During his years in power, West Germany
achieved democracy, stability, international respect and economic for "economic miracle"). Adenauer belied his age
by his intense work habits and his uncanny political instinct. He displayed a
strong dedication to a broad vision of market-based liberal democracy and anti-communism. A shrewd politician, Adenauer was deeply
committed to a Western-oriented foreign policy and
restoring the position of West Germany on the world stage. He worked to restore
the West German economy from
the destruction of World War II to a central position in Europe, presiding over
the German Economic Miracle together
with his Minister of Economics, Ludwig Erhard. He was a driving force in re-establishing
national military forces (the Bundeswehr) in West Germany since 1955. Adenauer opposed
rival East Germany and made
his nation a member of NATO and a member of the Western
Alliance. Adenauer, who was Chancellor until age 87, was dubbed "Der
Alte" ("the elder"). British politician and historian Roy Jenkins says he was "the oldest statesman ever
to function in elected office." He remains the oldest head of government
for a major country. A devout Roman Catholic and member of the Catholic Centre Party, he was a
leading politician in the Weimar Republic, serving as Mayor of Cologne (1917–1933) and as president of
the Prussian State Council (1922–1933).
