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Word: beamter (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Cologne's magnificent twin-spired cathedral. His father, a minor bureaucrat, wanted him to be a bank clerk, but young Konrad looked with awe upon the high Beamten (officials) who strode about Cologne exuding importance. He decided to get a university education so that he could be a Beamter some day too. With the help of scholarships and spare-time work, he studied law and economics, settled down to practice law in Cologne. At 30 he started up the ladder of bureaucracy, four years later he was deputy mayor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Man from the Wine Country | 9/5/1949 | See Source »

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