Helmut Josef Michael Kohl (German pronunciation: [ˈhɛlmuːt ˈkoːl]; born 3 April 1930) is a German conservative politician and statesman. He was Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998 (of West Germany between 1982 and 1990 and of the reunited Germany between 1990 and 1998) and the chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1973 to 1998. His 16-year tenure was the longest of any German chancellor since Otto von Bismarck and oversaw the end of the Cold War and the German reunification. Kohl is widely regarded as one of the main architects of the German reunification and, together with French President François Mitterrand, the Maastricht Treaty, which contributed to the creation of the European Union.
Kohl and Mitterrand were the joint recipients of the Karlspreis in 1988. In 1998, Kohl was named Honorary Citizen of Europe by the European heads of state or government for his extraordinary work for European integration and cooperation, an honour previously only bestowed on Jean Monnet. In 1996, he won the prestigious Prince of Asturias Award in International Cooperation.
Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt (German pronunciation: [ˈhɛlmʊt ˈʃmɪt]; born 23 December 1918) is a German Social Democratic politician who served as Chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982. Prior to becoming chancellor, he had served as Minister of Defence and Minister of Finance. He had also served briefly as Minister of Economics and as acting Foreign Minister. He is the oldest surviving German Chancellor and the last surviving person to have been solely Chancellor of West Germany (Helmut Kohl was Chancellor of both West Germany and reunified Germany). He is also the oldest living Federal German Minister, after the death of his Interior Minister Werner Maihofer.
Helmut Schmidt was born in Hamburg, as son of two teachers. He studied at Hamburg Lichtwark School, graduating in 1937. He was conscripted into military service and began serving with an anti-aircraft battery at Vegesack near Bremen during World War II. After brief service on the Eastern Front he returned to Germany in 1942 to work as a trainer and advisor at the Reichsluftfahrtministerium. Also in 1942, on 27 June, he married his childhood sweetheart Hannelore "Loki" Glaser (3 March 1919 – 21 October 2010), with whom he fathered two children: Helmut Walter (26 June 1944–February 1945, died of meningitis), and Susanne (b. 1947), who works in London for Bloomberg Television. Toward the end of the war, from December 1944 onwards, he served as an Oberleutnant in the artillery on the Western Front. He was captured by the British in April 1945 on Lüneburg Heath and was a prisoner of war until August. During his service in World War II Schmidt was awarded the Iron Cross.
Herbert Richard Wehner (11 July 1906–19 January 1990) was a German politician. A former member of the Communist Party, he joined the Social Democrats (SPD) after World War II. He served as Federal Minister of Intra-German Relations from 1966 to 1969 and thereafter as chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag until 1983.
During his tenure in the Bundestag from 1949 to 1983, Wehner became (in-)famous for his caustic rhetoric and heckling style, often hurling personal insults at MPs with whom he disagreed. He holds the record for official censures (77 by one count, 78 or 79 by others) handed down by the presiding officer.
Herbert Wehner was born in Dresden, the son of a shoemaker. His father was active in his trade union and a member of the Social Democratic Party. More radical than his father, Wehner engaged in anarcho-syndicalist circles around Erich Mühsam, driven by the 1923 invasion of Reichswehr troops into the Free State of Saxony at the behest of the DVP–SPD Reich government of Chancellor Gustav Stresemann. He also fell out with Mühsam, whose pacifist manners he rejected, and finally joined the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) in 1927, becoming an official of the party's Rote Hilfe organisation the same year.
Hans Peter Wilhelm "Hape" Kerkeling (German pronunciation: [ˈhaːpə ˈkɛʁkəlɪŋ]; born 9 December 1964, in Recklinghausen, Germany) is a well-known German actor, presenter and comedian.
At secondary school in Recklinghausen, Hape Kerkeling and some fellow students formed a band (Gesundfutter, meaning: health fodder) and published a record (Hawaii).
Kerkeling started his career as a comedian in radio, working for various German broadcasting companies, such as WDR and BR.
The real breakthrough came in 1984/85 when, still aged only 19, Kerkeling got a role in the Känguru [sic] television comedy show (the German word for kangaroo deliberately spelt without an "h" at the end although this broke the spelling rules at that time). The best-known character in this show was the little boy Hannilein, played by Kerkeling, an irritating child with red hair in a pudding-basin style, dungarees[disambiguation needed ] and sitting on giant-sized chairs, who commented on the world of adults.
Later came guest appearances and sketches on the Radio Bremen show Extratour. Then in 1989 Kerkeling started up his own comedy TV show, Total Normal (Totally Normal) along with pianist Achim Hagemann. This show, a satirical spoof on prime-time TV-Shows, had a totally new format and was awarded several television prizes such as the Goldene Kamera, the Adolf-Grimme-Preis and the Bayerischer Fernsehpreis.
Der Kämpfer - Helmut Kohl im Rückblick (Doku)
Helmut Kohl erzählt "wahren Kohl-Witz"
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Buchvorstellung: Ansprache Helmut Kohl - "Aus Sorge um Europa" am 03.11.2014
Helmut Kohl vs Helmut Schmidt (1982) Regierungswechsel
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Bundestagswahl 1976 Helmut Schmidt / Helmut Kohl / Franz-Josef Strauß / Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Helmut Kohl gibt zu: " Ich habe mein Land verraten! " - Oder ? Nein, leider nicht :-(
Der Kämpfer Helmut Kohl im Rückblick Doku über Helmut Kohl Teil 1
Helmut Kohl gegen Helmut Schmidt
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Helmut Kohl selbstgefällig vor der Bundestagswahl 1998
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Helmut Kohl vs. Herbert Wehner Teil 1/4
Der Kämpfer - Helmut Kohl im Rückblick (Doku)
Helmut Kohl erzählt "wahren Kohl-Witz"
Helmut Kohl - Kanzler der Einheit - Doku/Dokumentation [HD]
Buchvorstellung: Ansprache Helmut Kohl - "Aus Sorge um Europa" am 03.11.2014
Helmut Kohl vs Helmut Schmidt (1982) Regierungswechsel
Duelle - Helmut Kohl gegen Franz Josef Strauß 1/3
Bundestagswahl 1976 Helmut Schmidt / Helmut Kohl / Franz-Josef Strauß / Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Helmut Kohl gibt zu: " Ich habe mein Land verraten! " - Oder ? Nein, leider nicht :-(
Der Kämpfer Helmut Kohl im Rückblick Doku über Helmut Kohl Teil 1
Helmut Kohl gegen Helmut Schmidt
80 Jahre Helmut Kohl
Helmut Kohl selbstgefällig vor der Bundestagswahl 1998
Helmut Kohl
Helmut Kohl vs. Herbert Wehner Teil 1/4
Germany: See ex-Chancellor Helmut Kohl talk Ukraine's future
Helmut Kohl - Der Patriot (1/5)
Helmut Kohl - Kanzler der Einheit (Doku)
Helmut Kohl (1999) Was nun ?
Helmut Kohl: Der entsetzliche Stuhl
Der Kämpfer Helmut Kohl im Rückblick Reportage über Helmut Kohl Teil 1
Ära Kohl (1990 - 1998) Das vereinigte Deutschland [HD, Doku]
Persönlicher Referent von Helmut Kohl | Darüber lacht die Welt mit Hape Kerkeling
Festakt für Helmut Kohl - VOR ORT vom 21.05.2013
Helmut Kohl im Interview
Helmut Kohl vs Helmut Schmidt (1980-1982)
Helmut Kohl im Gespräch mit Peter Hahne
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HELMUT KOHL - Susanne Blech (Official Video)
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Helmut Kohl: Wiedervereinigung auf der Schreibmaschine
Ära Kohl (1982 - 1990) Von der Wende zur Wiedervereinigung [HD, Doku]
Der unbestechliche Helmut Kohl CDU