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Word: anerkennungspartei (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...East Germany. "The Free Democrats," charged C.D.U. Deputy Ernest Miiller-Hermann, "are a band of guerrilla fighters who do the bidding of the other side behind the backs of the government." Warning against a sellout to the Communists, Chancellor Kurt Kiesinger derisively tagged the Free Democrats as the "Anerkennungspartei"-party of recognition. The Christian Democrats argue that recognition would imperil the security of isolated West Berlin by undermining the allied guarantees for the city, legalize the Communist hold on East Germany and sanction the permanent division of the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West Germany: Demolishing a Shibboleth | 4/25/1969 | See Source »

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