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Adenauer, Konrad 1876-1967.
German Christian Democrat politician,
chancellor of West Germany 1949-63. With the
French president de Gaulle he achieved the
postwar reconciliation of France and Germany
and strongly supported all measures designed
to strengthen the Western bloc in Europe.
Adenauer was mayor of his native city of
Cologne from 1917 until his imprisonment by
Hitler in 1933 for opposition to the Nazi
regime. After the war he headed the
Christian Democratic Union and became
chancellor. He was known as the `Old Fox'. He
supported the UK's entry into the Common
Market (now the European Community).
Subject by: Russell Webb