Word: bonnes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...just such an idolatry that Barth saw in Nazism, which sought to impose Hitler's ideology on the Protestant churches of Germany. As a leader of the so-called "Confessing Church," Barth, then a professor at the University of Bonn, was the principal author of the Barmen Declaration, which opposed the Nazi infiltration of Christianity as a heathen profanation of God's message. Expelled from Germany in 1935, Barth continued his war of words against Hitlerism from the University of Basel. Later he volunteered for the Swiss home defense force and served as a border guard during World...
Hello, Cyril? This is your roommate Bonn. I have the most divine news. I mean, divine. You remember Modesty Blaisel And The Day the Fish Came Out? Well, now there's a raving new one called The Touchables, and it is absolutely not to be believed it's so-so, well, divine...
...Leaks in Bonn. Many of Bonn's allies were a little spooked by the prospect of a newly assertive West Germany. To a degree, their uneasiness was a reflex born of two world wars instigated by the Germans in the 20th century. The Bonn government had not helped matters in the current crisis. Usually, it is, if anything, overly concerned about European sensibilities. But this time, the West Germans inexplicably forgot their manners. A main offender was Conrad Ahlers, the former Der Spiegel newsmagazine editor who now is the Federal Republic's deputy spokesman. During the Bonn meeting...
Ahlers even leaked a report that in a message to Chancellor Kurt Kiesinger, British Prime Minister Harold Wilson had attempted to blackmail Bonn into raising the value of the Deutsche Mark by threatening to withdraw Britain's 48,500-man Army of the Rhine from West Germany. In the House of Commons, Wilson flatly denounced Ahlers' story as "quite false." "I deplore this," said the Prime Minister, adding: "I have never known such a thing in four years of communications with over 100 heads of government...
Though Ahlers doubtless talked too much, average Germans and the German press could hardly be blamed for displaying a bit of self-satisfied pride in the strength of their currency. But as soon as the leaders of Bonn's Grand Coalition sensed how poorly the German gloating was being received elsewhere in Europe, they moved without hesitation to curb the enthusiasm of their countrymen. In a radio interview, Willy Brandt gave the Germans a lesson in prudent international etiquette. Said the Foreign Minister: "Arrogance toward our neighbors and partners would be stupid and dangerous." Chancellor Kiesinger warned his people...