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West German elections 1953.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won a majority.      
Ludwig Erhard, West German Economics Minister, "father of the German economic miracle", meeting with German industrialists.
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West German elections 1953. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democratic U...

West-German elections 1953.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won a majority.      
Ludwig Erhard, West German Economics Minister, "father of the German economic miracle", meeting with German industrialists.
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West-German elections 1953. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democratic U...

West-German elections 1953.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won a majority. 
A small scuffle between Socialist Party activists and West German police during the election campaign in Frankfurt.
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West-German elections 1953. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democratic U...

West-German elections 1953.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won a majority. 
West German police regulate a rally by Social Democrats in Frankfurt.
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West-German elections 1953. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democratic U...

West-German elections 1953.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won a majority. 
In a burnt-out church in Wetzlar, a priest exhorts veterans to vote for the right-wing DRP-(Deutsche Reichspartei) party.
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West-German elections 1953. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democratic U...

West-German elections 1953.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won a majority. 
In a burnt-out church in Wetzlar, a priest exhorts veterans to vote for the right-wing DRP-(Deutsche Reichspartei) party.
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West-German elections 1953. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democratic U...

West-German elections 1953.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won a majority.     
Adenauer visiting a memorial to the dead of World War II in Godesberg.
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West-German elections 1953. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democratic U...

West German elections 1953. 
After a vigorous campaign by the 77-year old chancellor, Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won a majority. 
Press photographers visit the Chancellor in his garden above Rhoendorf near Bonn, where he made his home.
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West German elections 1953. After a vigorous campaign by the 77-year old chanc...

West German elections 1953.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won a majority. 
Erich Ollenhauer, chairman of the opposition Social Democratic Party (SPD), in Bonn.
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West German elections 1953. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democratic U...

West German elections 1953.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won a majority.   
A bouquet of roses from well-wishers in Rhoendorf near Bonn, where the chancellor made his home.
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West German elections 1953. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democratic U...

West-German elections 1953.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won a majority. 
Adenauer casting his vote in Bonn.
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West-German elections 1953. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democratic U...

West German elections 1953.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won a majority.    
Adenauer casting his vote in Bonn.
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West German elections 1953. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democratic U...