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In April 1951, West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer was the first German statesman to visit Paris after the war. He conferred with Jean Monnet, Robert Schuman and Edouard Herriot. 
On a rainy afternoon, Chancellor Adenauer leaves the National Assembly after his visit to President Edouard Herriot.
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In April 1951, West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer was the first German state...

West-German elections 1953.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won a majority. An important group of voters were the more than 10.000 refugees and expellees. 
Waldemar Kraft, leader of the union of refugees, visits a refugee camp near Kiel.
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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. 
Election posters in equally allocated space for all  West-German
parties.
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West-German elections 1953. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democratic U...

West-German election campaign 1953.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was returned to power. In a burnt-out church in Wetzlar, a priest exhorts veterans to vote for the right-wing DRP (Deutsche Reichspartei) party. 
Wetzlar,1953
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West-German election campaign 1953. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Demo...

West-German elections 1953.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won a majority.    
Socialist Oswald Paulig tours his constitutuency in his Volkswagen adapted with a microphone. Stade,1953
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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.       
Before addressing a cheering crowd of 4000 people, 77 year old Adenauer visits the bishop in his residence.
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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,after
a vigorous campaign by the 77-year old chancellor.
A Trade Union meeting at the Hohwald Docks in Hamburg.
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West-German elections 1953.Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democratic Uni...

West-German elections 1953.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won a majority.         
Children hold flags of the Free Democratic Party (FDP), the coalition partners of Adenauer's CDU.
Frankfurt, 1953
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West-German elections 1953. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democratic U...

West German election campaign 1953. 
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democratic Union (CDU),     
was returned to power. 
Adenauer election poster behind a stall with potatoes.               
Frankfurt, 1953
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West German election campaign 1953. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Dem...

West-German elections 1953.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won a majority.           
Space for election posters was equally allocated to all 13 West German parties up for election.
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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.         
Socialist voters listen to their candidate, Erich Ollenhauer. 
Frankfurt, 1953
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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.    
Erich Ollenhauer, leader of the West German Social Democratic Party, addressing an election meeting.
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West-German elections 1953. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democratic U...