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Germany 4/1, Political authority 1949-1963 - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Political scandal (Spiegel affair 1962) meant he was kicked out a year earlier
      - Spiegel affair 1962-Adenaurs defence minister ,Franz-Josef Strauss, ordered an arrest on editors from news magazine der Spiegel after it published an article condemning inefficiencies of Bundeswehr
      - Police took heavy action ,seizing editors in the night, scenes similar to Nazi Germany-Followed by press outcry, student demonstrations and resignation of 5 ministers from Adenauers cabinet
      - Resignation of Adenauer
- - - - Hans Globke, secretary of state, created an effective national CDU/CSU party emphasised its Christion credentials
        
        Adenauer was also helped by the sustained economic growth and improvements in living standards
        
        Some criticised Adenauer's methods-'chancellor democracy' :reduced competition by making some parties illegal e.g. KPD in 1956
        
        Most controversial method of Adenauer was his rehabilitation of former Nazi's
        
        These Nazi war criminal were released back into civilian life and given influential political positions-His personal advisor was an ex-Nazi member