January 5, 2026: 150th birthday of Konrad Adenauer, legendary first Chancellor of Germany. In the famous
In the famous Bundestag debate on the ratification of the Germany Treaty on December 3, 1952, when I was just one day old, he said: “We are faced with a choice between slavery and freedom. We choose freedom. (Wir stehen vor der Wahl zwischen Sklaverei und Freiheit. Wir wählen die Freiheit.) ”
On the Petersberg near Bonn on December 14, 2025.
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