Adenauer at press conference

German chancellor Konrad Adenauer during a press conference in the CDU faction hall in Bonn on the 12th of July in 1957. Adenauer was first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 to 1963 and at the same time foreign minister from 1951 to 1955. His politics were especially shaped by social market economy, the unification of Europe and Anti-Communism.