After decades of restraint, Germany is racing to rearm as Russia threatens Europe and U.S. security guarantees look shaky.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Monday paid tribute to the achievements of Konrad Adenauer, the first chancellor ...

Konrad Adenauer was born on 5 January 1876 in Cologne. His father, Konrad, was a civil servant in the middle grade of the civil service. His mother, Helene Scharfenberg, also hailed from a civil ...