Tracing Adenauer

This unique document was shared with us thanks to the staff of the Adenauer Haus in 2022. The widow of an anonymous German journalist kept the handwritten copy of the eulogy written by David Ben-Gurion and was in her possession for many years. Ben-Gurion had arrived especially to attend the funeral of Konrad Adenauer in April 1967. It is a personal testimony of the high regard Ben-Gurion held for this world leader, beyond a "regular" connection between two statesmen. The…