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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...

Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of West Germany, prays during Sunday mass at the church in Rhoendorf on the Rhine, where he made his home.                         
Rhoendorf, 1953
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Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of West Germany, prays during Sunday mass at the chu...

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...

West German elections 1953.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won a majority.  
Erich Ollenhauer, chairman of the losing German Socialdemocratic Party, talking to the press.
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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 chancellor Konrad Adenauer's speech in Trier, the assembly rose to sing the second verse of the German national anthem, the     first verse ("Germany above all") being outlawed by the Allied Occupation Powers in 1945.
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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. 
Konrad Adenauer and inner cabinet, left: Hallstein.
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West-German elections 1953. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Christian Democratic U...

West German elections 1953: Chancellor Konrad Adenauer faces the television cameras.
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West German elections 1953: Chancellor Konrad Adenauer faces the television came...

Konrad Adenauer and Walter Hallstein, London Conference
1954.
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Konrad Adenauer and Walter Hallstein, London Conference 1954.