1876. Conrad Adenauer was born
Photo: Katherine Young 140 years ago, on January 5, 1876, Conrad Adenauer, the first Chancellor of Germany, one of the creators of the West German Economic Miracle, was born. He resigned in 1963, at the age of 87, and was one of the oldest chapters of government in the history of the Western world. During the Nazi dictatorship, Adenauer was twice arrested as Hitler's enemy. Having become a chancellor, he agreed to pay $ 1.5 billion to Israel as reparations for the Nazi policies of Jews.