Adenauer during question time concerning Spiegel scandal

The German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer (centre) after explanations concerning the Spiegel scandal in front of the Bundestag in Bonn on 8 November 1962. He reported that the Spiegel editor Conrad Ahlers was arrested by Spanish policemen in Madrid by order of the German Minister of Defence under minister Franz Josef Strauß. In the course of the Spiegel scandal employees of the news magazine "Der Spiegel" had to defend themselves being charged with treason because of a critical article. The scandal escalated into a government crisis after protests of the public, whereupon five FDP members left the Adenauer Cabinet, Franz Josef Strauß lost his office and the government had to be rebuilt.