Talk:Konrad Adenauer

Marriage Proposals?
Excuse me, but is the marriage proposals thing necessary or relevant?


 * Well, don't know if it is necessary, but it certainly gives a little colour to the article. Was he especially charismatic? Kevyn 08:29, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * From what I understand, not quite Kennedy-level, but yes. Rhymeless 08:47, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Der Alte?
Suggestion for re-write: According to List of encyclopedia topics/Biographies A, he was affectionately known as "der Alte." Might be good to mention that in the article. Kevyn 08:30, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)


 * Agreed. From what I could tell from two years in Germany, he was almost universally known as the (the Old Man or the Old One).

Rlquall 22:55, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Image problems
When I first saw this article, the image was enormous, and didn't even fit on the screen. I got rid of it, so if anyone wants to try and figure out what was going on and then fix it, that'd be good. SS451 21:08, May 15, 2005 (UTC)

Spiegel scandal
The article says that Adenauer was forced to resign after the Spiegel scandal. What confuses me is that this scandal took place in November 1962, yet Adenauer remained Chancellor until October 1963. How can it be that he remained in office so long?


 * Adenauer did not resign because of the Spiegel scandal (only defense minister Franz Joseph Strauß was forced to resign due to the scandal). He resigned because of a promise made in 1961 (forced upon him by the FDP as a condition to form a coalition with Adenauer's CDU/CSU) that he would resign before the next elections (which were in 1965). The scandal may have put additional pressure on him to keep his promise, but it wasn't the main reason for his resignation.--141.100.201.16 (talk) 11:47, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

Clarify this text
"Adenauer refused the diplomatic recognition of the rival German Democratic Republic as East-German state and the Oder–Neisse line as post-war frontier to Poland". I can't work out what this means. If someone knows, please clarify. Fig (talk) 23:13, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
 * In simple terms: He refused to offer recognition to the rival German government of East Germany, and disputed the status of the Oder–Neisse line as the new border between East Germany and the Polish People's Republic. Remember the border was decided in negotiations between the two communist states, and West Germany was not part of these negotiations. Dimadick (talk) 01:14, 8 December 2023 (UTC)