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1.   Walter Hallstein (c. 1955)
As state secretary in the Federal Chancellery (1950/51) and state secretary in the Foreign Office (beginning in 1951), law professor Walter Hallstein played a....
Walter Hallstein (c. 1955)
2.   "A Woman Named Europe. A Tremendous Dame – but Expensive, Sinfully Expensive!" (September 1, 1962)
This cartoon from the September 1, 1962, issue of the magazine Simplicissimus plays on the Greek myth of Europa and Zeus. In the myth, the beautiful Europa is kidnapped by the god Zeus (in....
3.   Charles de Gaulle in Germany (September 4, 1962)
Charles de Gaulles' state visit on September 4-9, 1962 – the first such visit by a French president to the Federal Republic of Germany – was an extraordinary....
Charles de Gaulle in Germany (September 4, 1962)
4.   German and French Youth (1964)
The Elysée Treaty on German-French cooperation, signed on January 22, 1963, stipulated that....
German and French Youth (1964)
5.   The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (1974)
In January 1949, Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary formed the Council for....
The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (1974)
6.   Hans-Dietrich Genscher Speaks before the Council of Europe in Strasbourg (1976)
On January 27, 1976, West German foreign minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher presented the progress report of the Ministerial Committee, which he chaired, to the....
Hans-Dietrich Genscher Speaks before the Council of Europe in Strasbourg (1976)
7.   Brezhnev Awards Honecker the Order of the October Revolution in the Kremlin’s Yekaterina Hall (November 1, 1977)
In 1977, an SED delegation led by Erich Honecker arrived in Moscow to attend celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the October Revolution. On November 1, 1977,....
Brezhnev Awards Honecker the Order of the October Revolution in the Kremlin’s Yekaterina Hall (November 1, 1977)
8.   Helmut Kohl and François Mitterand in Verdun (September 22, 1984)
On September 25, 1984, 70 years after the start of the First World War, French president François Mitterrand and federal chancellor Helmut....
Helmut Kohl and François Mitterand in Verdun (September 22, 1984)
9.   European Council (June 30, 1987)
The European Community summit meeting in Brussels (June 29-30, 1987) under the chairmanship of Belgian minister president Wilfried Martens took place immediately before the Single European Act took....
European Council (June 30, 1987)
10.   The Sister Cities Bonn and Oxford (Sign in front of the Koblenz Gate, Bonn) (1987)
After the Second World War, sister-city initiatives were frequently undertaken in cooperation with the relatives of occupation troops. Such was the case with the partnership between Bonn and Oxford,....
The Sister Cities Bonn and Oxford (Sign in front of the Koblenz Gate, Bonn) (1987)
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