After twelve years of National Socialism there simply were no perfect solutions for Germany and certainly none for a divided Germany. There was very … - Konrad Adenauer

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After twelve years of National Socialism there simply were no perfect solutions for Germany and certainly none for a divided Germany. There was very often only the policy of the lesser evil. We were a small and very exposed country. By our own strength we could achieve nothing. We must not be a no-man's land between East and West for then we would have friends nowhere and a dangerous neighbour in the East.

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About Konrad Adenauer

Konrad Hermann Josef Adenauer (January 5, 1876 – April 19, 1967) was a German statesman. Although his political career spanned 60 years, beginning as early as 1906, he is most noted for his role as Chancellor of West Germany from 1949-1963 and chairman of the Christian Democratic Union from 1950 to 1966. He was the oldest person to be chancellor after the Second World War.

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Alternative Names: Konrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer • Conrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer • Konradas Adenaueris
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