Heroes of the Cold War: Konrad Adenauer.

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On Sept. 25, 1944, a distinguished, elderly German, who had served as the Lord Mayor of the great Rhineland city of Cologne throughout the ill-fated Weimar Republic's brief existence, was hauled into Brauweiler prison by the Gestapo. The warden, who had known the new arrival in earlier times, accompanied him to the clothing depot, where the prisoner surrendered his suspenders, shoelaces and pocketknife. ``Now please don't commit suicide,'' the warden mockingly told his new charge. ``You would only cause me no end of trouble. You're 68 years old, and your life is over ...

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