Way of life
Hans-Dietrich Genscher, a friend of the culture
It is a page, he has swept in his political life, never to the outside: Hans-Dietrich Genscher was also a conveyor of culture. Photographs and pictures of Lyonel Feininger belonged to his preferences.
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Yellow as a trademark
Great politicians have their fashionable preferences. In the case of Helmut Schmidt, the Prince Heinrich cap, it was, for Helmut Kohl, the cardigan, and Hans-Dietrich Genscher: the yellow sweater-vest. To wore during his active times as a politician he him always and everywhere. In the elegant men’s clothing shops of the former Federal capital, Bonn, everyone knows the “Genscher-Yellow”.
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Political Statement
The liberal bright yellow was a perfect fit for him. Yellow was already in the 19th century. Century, the color of liberalism. And also the color of those that were made to be social outcasts, and to Genscher, is always committed. The star of David was yellow, a traitor in the Emperor wore a rich yellow. All the more importance it had when Genscher was wearing his yellow sweater vest for formal occasions.
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Bayreuth Festival
Genscher loved classical music. Especially compositions by Dvořák and Tchaikovsky. In his time as Federal Minister of the interior of the Bayreuth came to a festival in need of money. Genscher proposed the creation of a Foundation, supported by the Federal government and the free state of Bavaria. “It also provided sufficient justification for my annual trip to Bayreuth,” he joked.
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Golden Hen
At the award ceremony of the “Golden hen”, the most important East German media prize, was the Thuringian, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, a regular guest. In ten categories, this prize is awarded each year – the East-German answer to the “Bambi”. Here he is enjoying 2009, in addition to Angela Merkel and laureate of Václav Havel, the stage appearance at the Berlin Friedrich city Palace.
With Merkel and Vaczlav Havel… -
Willy-Brandt-Price
The problem of Germany’s foreign policy drove the retired politician Genscher, worry lines in the face. In addition to former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and his wife Doris Schröder-Köpf, he is a guest here at the award ceremony for the Willy Brandt prize in 2011. For the cartoonist, and puppet maker his forehead were wrinkles and ears are always the main features.
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“Hurra Deutschland”
The legendary political satire show “ZAK”, in the 1990s, produced by the West German radio, took the liberty to make the reigning politicians such as Chancellor Kohl and foreign Minister Genscher to the target of your scathing ridicule. In the satirical series “Hurra Deutschland” was Genscher as the assistant of the king of cabbage.
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Genschman
It is rare that a politician in the world of Satire, comes off well. Genscher succeeded in this: “Genschman called” the satire magazine “Titanic”, your cartoon character, the saved as the Superman of the foreign policy of the world – with ears as wings. “Genschman” fought for Good and against CSU-politicians, including Theo Waigel, or Edmund Stoiber. He was to Kultfigurn – until today unforgotten.
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Sense of Humor
With pleasure, the FDP Chairman Genscher in Bonn, Germany opened the exhibition “Political cartoons in 1986”. The cartoon of the artist Josef Partykiewicz seems to amuse him. It shows Genscher, who made it in the foreign office, comfortable, behind the rumbling of the CSU politician Franz Josef Strauss.
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Late Homage
In September 2014, Hans-Dietrich Genscher and the Gewandhaus-Quartet, with the International Mendelssohn-prize Leipzig. Genscher was honored as the Person engaged in society. So he stood in line with Kurt Masur, Marcel Reich-Ranicki, and Richard von Weizsäcker. At the award ceremony, the Gewandhaus orchestra played.
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Hall – a place of art
Bauhaus artist Lyonel Feininger lived in the hall, the Baroque composer Georg Friedrich Händel and Hans-Dietrich Genscher was born in the Thuringian city on the Saale. His birth house (photo) is now a Museum, which commemorates the reunification of East and West Germany. The paintings of Feininger felt connected Genscher of his life.
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Yellow as a trademark
Great politicians have their fashionable preferences. In the case of Helmut Schmidt, the Prince Heinrich cap, it was, for Helmut Kohl, the cardigan, and Hans-Dietrich Genscher: the yellow sweater-vest. To wore during his active times as a politician he him always and everywhere. In the elegant men’s clothing shops of the former Federal capital, Bonn, everyone knows the “Genscher-Yellow”.
-
Political Statement
The liberal bright yellow was a perfect fit for him. Yellow was already in the 19th century. Century, the color of liberalism. And also the color of those that were made to be social outcasts, and to Genscher, is always committed. The star of David was yellow, a traitor in the Emperor wore a rich yellow. All the more importance it had when Genscher was wearing his yellow sweater vest for formal occasions.
-
Bayreuth Festival
Genscher loved classical music. Especially compositions by Dvořák and Tchaikovsky. In his time as Federal Minister of the interior of the Bayreuth came to a festival in need of money. Genscher proposed the creation of a Foundation, supported by the Federal government and the free state of Bavaria. “It also provided sufficient justification for my annual trip to Bayreuth,” he joked.
-
Golden Hen
At the award ceremony of the “Golden hen”, the most important East German media prize, was the Thuringian, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, a regular guest. In ten categories, this prize is awarded each year – the East-German answer to the “Bambi”. Here he is enjoying 2009, in addition to Angela Merkel and laureate of Václav Havel, the stage appearance at the Berlin Friedrich city Palace.
With Merkel and Vaczlav Havel… -
Willy-Brandt-Price
The problem of Germany’s foreign policy drove the retired politician Genscher, worry lines in the face. In addition to former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and his wife Doris Schröder-Köpf, he is a guest here at the award ceremony for the Willy Brandt prize in 2011. For the cartoonist, and puppet maker his forehead were wrinkles and ears are always the main features.
-
“Hurra Deutschland”
The legendary political satire show “ZAK”, in the 1990s, produced by the West German radio, took the liberty to make the reigning politicians such as Chancellor Kohl and foreign Minister Genscher to the target of your scathing ridicule. In the satirical series “Hurra Deutschland” was Genscher as the assistant of the king of cabbage.
-
Genschman
It is rare that a politician in the world of Satire, comes off well. Genscher succeeded in this: “Genschman called” the satire magazine “Titanic”, your cartoon character, the saved as the Superman of the foreign policy of the world – with ears as wings. “Genschman” fought for Good and against CSU-politicians, including Theo Waigel, or Edmund Stoiber. He was to Kultfigurn – until today unforgotten.
-
Sense of Humor
With pleasure, the FDP Chairman Genscher in Bonn, Germany opened the exhibition “Political cartoons in 1986”. The cartoon of the artist Josef Partykiewicz seems to amuse him. It shows Genscher, who made it in the foreign office, comfortable, behind the rumbling of the CSU politician Franz Josef Strauss.
-
Late Homage
In September 2014, Hans-Dietrich Genscher and the Gewandhaus-Quartet, with the International Mendelssohn-prize Leipzig. Genscher was honored as the Person engaged in society. So he stood in line with Kurt Masur, Marcel Reich-Ranicki, and Richard von Weizsäcker. At the award ceremony, the Gewandhaus orchestra played.
-
Hall – a place of art
Bauhaus artist Lyonel Feininger lived in the hall, the Baroque composer Georg Friedrich Händel and Hans-Dietrich Genscher was born in the Thuringian city on the Saale. His birth house (photo) is now a Museum, which commemorates the reunification of East and West Germany. The paintings of Feininger felt connected Genscher of his life.
His political trademark of the
East – and-relaxation policy. He was regarded as a
Master of foreign policy. But what he never stood in the center, was his interest in the fine arts. Completely wrong, because he was a friend and supporter of the culture. We remind, in this picture gallery.
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