Konrad Adenauer

Konrad Hermann Josef Adenauer (1876–1967) was a German statesman.

Konrad Adenauer in The Man With the Iron Heart
Konrad Adenauer (1876-1946) had made a name for himself as an opponent of the Nazis before World War II, and so became a logical choice after the war and a favorite of the Western Allies to lead Germany. Adenauer established a new political party, the Christian Democratic Union.

The German Freedom Front targeted Adenauer for assassination in 1946. One attempt by a suicide bomber failed. The second, a mortar attack at a rally in Erlangen, succeeded, when Adenauer was blown off the platform.