{"id":362,"date":"2019-07-25T15:12:52","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T13:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bolle.berlin\/?page_id=362"},"modified":"2026-02-27T15:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:08:11","slug":"heros-without-swords","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bolle.berlin\/en\/heros-without-swords\/","title":{"rendered":"Heroes without swords"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;100px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;top&#8221; el_id=&#8221;Stiftung&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;10\/12&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1>Intension<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The \u201eStreet of Recollection\u201c on the Spree-Bogen-Area wants to improve Germany\u2019s reputation and honour all those who had fought against the cruel regime of Nazi Germany \u2013 the \u201eheroes without a sword.\u201c These monuments pay respect to prominent figures, who have either reached outstanding scientific achievements, contributed to the artistic culture of Germany, or fought selflessly and couragiously against the injustice and despotism of the Nazi Regime.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221;][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;100&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;384&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;100&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;top&#8221; el_id=&#8221;Albrecht-Haushofer&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/12&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Albrecht Haushofer<\/h2>\n<h3>January 7, 1903 &#8211; April 23, 1945<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Albrecht Haushofer was a resistance fighter during national socialism. He was working as a geographer, diplomat and writer. During his time as a professor for political geography and geopolitics, he identified Hitler\u2019s aggressive foreign policy as a great threat to the European peace but failed to have a positive impact. In his literary works, he critizised Germany\u2019s political path in a relatively subtle way. Being labeled an enemy of the Hitler regime, he was incarcerated in the Lehrter prison, where he wrote the \u201eMoabite Sonette\u201c &#8211; the most significant literary work of the german resistance movement. Just months before the liberation of Berlin, he was shot during a prison march to the Prinz-Albrecht-Palais. Moments later, his brother found the dead body, still holding the sonnets in his hands.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/12&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;321&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1563895302081{margin-top: 50px !important;margin-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1552654980695{margin-top: 50px !important;margin-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; border_width=&#8221;2&#8243; el_width=&#8221;70&#8243; accent_color=&#8221;#a4acb1&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;top&#8221; el_id=&#8221;Georg-Elsner&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/12&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;317&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/12&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Georg Elser<\/h2>\n<h3>January 4, 1903 &#8211; April 9, 1945<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1564068596986{margin-top: 5px !important;margin-bottom: 5px !important;}&#8221;]<em>&#8220;Ich wollte ja auch durch meine Tat ein noch gr\u00f6\u00dferes Blutvergie\u00dfen verhindern.&#8221;<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Georg Elser was a resistance fighter against national socialism. He was convinced that only the death of Hitler would prevent a catastrophic world war. On November 8 1939, he failed at an bombing attempt on Hitler in Munich\u2019s B\u00fcrgerbr\u00e4ukeller. With great perserverance, he had started preparing the bombing attempt a year earlier in the autumn of 1938. The worker from W\u00fcrttemberg, was the first one in history to get that close to killing Hitler. This monument of Georg Elser was built as the first one in all of Germany.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1563895302081{margin-top: 50px !important;margin-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1552654980695{margin-top: 50px !important;margin-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; border_width=&#8221;2&#8243; el_width=&#8221;70&#8243; accent_color=&#8221;#a4acb1&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;top&#8221; el_id=&#8221;Ludwig-Mies-van-der-Rohe&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/12&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Ludwig Mies<br \/>\nvan der Rohe<\/h2>\n<h3>March 27, 1886 &#8211; August 17, 1969<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1564068611871{margin-bottom: 5px !important;}&#8221;]<em>&#8220;Es ist eine nat\u00fcrliche, menschliche Art, nicht nur auf Zweckm\u00e4\u00dfiges zu sehen, sondern auch Sch\u00f6nes zu suchen und zu lieben.&#8221;<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1564068649205{margin-bottom: 5px !important;}&#8221;]Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is considered one of the most influential architects of the modern movement. He left a permanent impression with his minimalistic ideas all over the world &#8211; always following his motto: \u201emore is less\u201c. One of his basic principles, being that beauty and functional modernism are compatible, still to this day have a tremendous impact on today\u2019s architecture and society.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1564068642482{margin-top: 5px !important;margin-bottom: 5px !important;}&#8221;]<em>&#8220;Baukunst wurzelt in ihren einfachsten Gestaltungen ganz im Zweckhaften.&#8221;<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/12&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;324&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1563895302081{margin-top: 50px !important;margin-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1552654980695{margin-top: 50px !important;margin-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; border_width=&#8221;2&#8243; el_width=&#8221;70&#8243; accent_color=&#8221;#a4acb1&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;top&#8221; el_id=&#8221;Kaethe-Kollwitz&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/12&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;331&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/12&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>K\u00e4the Kollwitz<\/h2>\n<h3>July 8, 1867 \u2013 April 22, 1945<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1564068661801{margin-top: 5px !important;margin-bottom: 5px !important;}&#8221;]<em>&#8220;Ich will wirken in dieser Zeit, in der die Menschen so ratlos und hilfsbed\u00fcrftig sind.&#8221;<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1564068670160{margin-bottom: 5px !important;}&#8221;]K\u00e4the Kollwitz\u00a0 is regarded as one of the most significant artists of Germany of the 20th century. Most of her works covered the topics of pain, farewell and worry &#8211; typical for the destiny of her generation &#8211; the immense misery triggered by two world wars. Her \u201eNie wieder Krieg\u201c poster was one of the main icons of the peace movement of the 1920s. After 1945, she rose to fame as the symbolic figure for pacifism in the Federal Republic of Germany as well as the DDR. At the \u201eZentrale Gedenkst\u00e4tte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland f\u00fcr die Opfer des Krieges und der Gewaltherrschaft\u201c in der Neuen Wache, one can view her monument \u201eMutter mit dem toten Sohn\u201c.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1564068678491{margin-top: 5px !important;margin-bottom: 5px !important;}&#8221;]<em>&#8220;Nie habe ich eine Arbeit kalt gemacht, sondern immer gewisserma\u00dfen mit meinem Blut. Das m\u00fcssen die, die sie sehen, sp\u00fcren.&#8221;<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1564068691473{margin-top: 50px !important;}&#8221;]<a class=\"bolle-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.de\/kaethe-kollwitz\/kaetze-kollwitz-in-berlin\/die-neue-wache\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Neue Wache<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1563895302081{margin-top: 50px !important;margin-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1552654980695{margin-top: 50px !important;margin-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; border_width=&#8221;2&#8243; el_width=&#8221;70&#8243; accent_color=&#8221;#a4acb1&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;top&#8221; el_id=&#8221;Walther-Rathenau&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/12&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Walther Rathenau<\/h2>\n<h3>September 29, 1867 \u2013 June 24, 1922<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1564068701091{margin-top: 5px !important;margin-bottom: 5px !important;}&#8221;]<em>&#8220;Mechanisierung verleiht dem irdischen Handeln eine Richtungskomponente ins Ungeistige.&#8221;<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1564068707546{margin-bottom: 5px !important;}&#8221;]Walther Rathenau was foreign minister of the \u201eWeimarer Republik\u201c, industrialist and writer. He was the managing director of the electricity company \u201eAEG\u201c &#8211; the company his father had founded. He was known as a critic of contemporary culture and was looking for answers to the problems of the industrial society. In his role as a politician, he was responsible for the \u201cRepallo Treaty of 1922\u201d, between the \u201eWeimarer Republik\u201c and soviet russia. The deal included, that no reparations had to be paid. Only few months later, he was murdered by right-wing extremists while on his way to the Federal Foreign Office.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1564068715183{margin-top: 5px !important;margin-bottom: 5px !important;}&#8221;]<em>&#8220;Ich will Selbstbestimmung, selbstverdientes Geschick und Freiheit.&#8221;<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/12&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;326&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1563895302081{margin-top: 50px !important;margin-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1552654980695{margin-top: 50px !important;margin-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; border_width=&#8221;2&#8243; el_width=&#8221;70&#8243; accent_color=&#8221;#a4acb1&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;top&#8221; el_id=&#8221;Ludwig-Erhard&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/12&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;333&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/12&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Ludwig Erhard<\/h2>\n<h3>February 4, 1897 \u2013 May 5, 1977<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1564068732752{margin-top: 5px !important;margin-bottom: 5px !important;}&#8221;]<em>&#8220;Die Arbeit ist und bleibt die Grundlage des Wohlstandes.&#8221;<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1564068739316{margin-bottom: 5px !important;}&#8221;]Ludwig Erhard was an economist, significant politician of the young federal republic and eventually second german chancellor after Konrad Adenauer. In his role as the Federal Minister of Economics, he had a huge impact on the development of the social market economy in Germany. He is considered to be the inventor of the german model of economics: making entrepreneurial development and social justice compatible. He is also often referred to as the father of the \u201eGerman economic miracle\u201c. The principle of his book \u201eProsperity for All\u201c, was, to allow as much prosperity as possible to a huge social class.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1564068747280{margin-top: 5px !important;margin-bottom: 5px !important;}&#8221;]<em>&#8220;Eine freiheitliche Wirtschaftsordnung kann auf die Dauer nur dann bestehen, wenn und solange auch im sozialen Leben der Nation ein H\u00f6chstma\u00df an Freiheit, an privater Initiative und Selbstvorsorge gew\u00e4hrleistet ist.&#8221;<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1563895302081{margin-top: 50px !important;margin-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1552654980695{margin-top: 50px !important;margin-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; border_width=&#8221;2&#8243; el_width=&#8221;70&#8243; accent_color=&#8221;#a4acb1&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;top&#8221; el_id=&#8221;Konrad-Zuse&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/12&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Konrad Zuse<\/h2>\n<h3>June 22, 1910 \u2013 December 18, 1995<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1564068760008{margin-top: 5px !important;margin-bottom: 5px !important;}&#8221;]<em>&#8220;Durch die Maschine wird dem Ingenieur die mechanische Rechenarbeit nicht nur abgenommen, sondern ihr Umfang kann enorm gesteigert werden.&#8221;<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1564068766536{margin-bottom: 5px !important;}&#8221;]Konrad Zuse was an engineer, inventor and leading pioneer of the computing technology. At the age of 25 he developed a theoretical model for a calculating machine, which could facilitate the computing work significantly and improve the performance to a huge extent. In 1941 he developed the \u201eZ3\u201c, which is considered to be the first functioning computer in the world, and laid grounds for today\u2019s computer technology.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1564068773218{margin-top: 5px !important;margin-bottom: 5px !important;}&#8221;]<em>&#8220;Praktische Anwendung finden nicht die richtigsten, sondern die einfachsten Theorien.&#8221;<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/12&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;332&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1563895302081{margin-top: 50px !important;margin-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1552654980695{margin-top: 50px !important;margin-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; border_width=&#8221;2&#8243; el_width=&#8221;70&#8243; accent_color=&#8221;#a4acb1&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;top&#8221; el_id=&#8221;Albert-Einstein&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/12&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;314&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/12&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Albert Einstein<\/h2>\n<h3>March 14, 1879 \u2013 April 18, 1955<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1564068783683{margin-top: 5px !important;margin-bottom: 5px !important;}&#8221;]<em>&#8220;Ich habe keine besondere Begabung, sondern bin nur leidenschaftlich neugierig.&#8221;<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1564068789447{margin-bottom: 5px !important;}&#8221;]Albert Einstein was a theoretical physicist and is considered to be one of the most significant scientists of all time. His theory of relativity helped him rise to fame all over the world. In 1921, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. Albert Einstein is regarded as a genius and the ultimate embodiment of a scientist. He used his extraordinary popularity in his fight against the national socialist regime and demonstrated great dedication for world peace.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1564068797632{margin-top: 5px !important;margin-bottom: 5px !important;}&#8221;]<em>&#8220;Probleme kann man niemals mit derselben Denkweise l\u00f6sen, durch die sie entstanden sind.&#8221;<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1563895302081{margin-top: 50px !important;margin-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1552654980695{margin-top: 50px !important;margin-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; border_width=&#8221;2&#8243; el_width=&#8221;70&#8243; accent_color=&#8221;#a4acb1&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;top&#8221; el_id=&#8221;Thomas-Mann&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/12&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Thomas Mann<\/h2>\n<h3>June 6, 1875 \u2013 August 12, 1955<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1564068810636{margin-top: 5px !important;margin-bottom: 5px !important;}&#8221;]<em>&#8220;Der lebenswidrige Missbrauch, die reaktion\u00e4re Ausbeutung antiliberaler Ideen kann nicht siegreich sein.&#8221;<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1564068816474{margin-bottom: 5px !important;}&#8221;]Thomas Mann is considered one of the most important german writers and is without a doubt the greatest novelist of the 20th century. He was awarded the nobel price for literature for his novel \u201eBuddenbrooks\u201c in 1929. From early years on, he criticized the growing national socialism in germany until he was forced to emigrate to the United States of America. He became one of the leading representatives of the \u201eother\u201c Germany and a journalistic fighter against the Hitler regime.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1564068824584{margin-top: 5px !important;margin-bottom: 5px !important;}&#8221;]<em>&#8220;Der Gnade, deren Deutschland so dringend bedarf, bed\u00fcrfen wir alle.&#8221;<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/12&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;325&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1563895302081{margin-top: 50px !important;margin-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1552654980695{margin-top: 50px !important;margin-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; border_width=&#8221;2&#8243; el_width=&#8221;70&#8243; accent_color=&#8221;#a4acb1&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;top&#8221; el_id=&#8221;Edith-Stein&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/12&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;329&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/12&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Edith Stein<\/h2>\n<h3>October 12, 1891 \u2013 August 9, 1942<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1564068832519{margin-top: 5px !important;margin-bottom: 5px !important;}&#8221;]<em>&#8220;Alles Abstrakte ist letztlich Teil eines Konkreten. Alles Tote dient letztlich dem Lebendigen. Jede abstrakte T\u00e4tigkeit steht darum letztlich im Dienst eines lebendigen Ganzen.&#8221;<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1564068840043{margin-bottom: 5px !important;}&#8221;]Edith Stein was a philosopher and feminist of jewish descent. In 1922, she was baptized and accepted into the Catholic Church. In 1942, she was murdered in the concentration camp of Auschwitz. Within the Catholic Church, she is considered a martyr and a significant bridge builder between christians and jews. She was sainted by Pope Johannes Paul II. on October 11, 1998 in Rome.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1564068848039{margin-top: 5px !important;margin-bottom: 5px !important;}&#8221;]<em>&#8220;F\u00fcr die \u00e4u\u00dfere Betrachtung ist der Leib als das in die Sinne Fallende das Erste und der Geist das Letzte. 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Wir sind und bleiben eine Nation, und wir geh\u00f6ren zusammen.&#8221;<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1564068875142{margin-bottom: 5px !important;}&#8221;]Helmut Kohl was the Federal Chancellor from 1982 to 1998 and is known as the \u201echancellor of reunification. From very early years on, he showed huge interest in the idea of a European unification. His vision was a \u201eEurope without turnpikes\u201c and a harmonic cooperation between the European people in the fields of economy and culture. His masterpiece is considered to be Germany\u2019s policy in the years of 1989 and 1990. Due to his close friendship with president George Bush and his trust in Michael Gorbatschow, he eventually achieved a reunification between east and west. 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