Konrad AdenauerKonrad Adenauer was born on January 5, 1876 in Cologne, Germany and died on April 19, 1967 in Bad Honnef, Germany. He was ninety-one years old at the time of his death. Adenauer lived in modern times. Adenauer was a German statesman and the first post-war German chancellor. Adenauer attended many universities and received an excellent education. Adenauer was the first leader of the Christian Democratic Union. (CDU)As Germany's first chancellor, he lifted his country from the ruins of World War II to become an energetic and wealthy nation with close relations with former enemies, such as France and the United States. Adenauer worked hard to establish democracy, stability and gain international respect from other countries. He opposed East Germany and made his country a member of NATO and remained a strong ally of the United States and the West. Konrad had a great life and he really helped his country after World War II. He also had many firsts, such as being the first leader of the Christian Democratic Union and the first chancellor of West Germany. I really don't know how West Germany would have gotten back on its feet without Konrad Adenauer. Arminius (Hermann)Arminius was born around 17-18 BC in Magna Germania and died in 21 AD in Germania. He was forty years old at the time of his death. Arminius lived during the Roman occupation. When Arminius was a boy, he lived in Rome as a hostage, where he received a military education and obtained Roman citizenship and minor noble status before returning to Germania and driving out the Romans. When Arminius returned to northern Germania in c. 7-8 AD, the Roman Empire had established a secure regime just east of the Rhine, and along the Lippe...... middle of paper. ..... was in Cologne in 1933. To avoid the Nazi threat she and her sister were transferred from their order to a monastery in Echt, the Netherlands. She was not safe in the Netherlands because when the Nazis conquered Holland, she and her sister were arrested. On August 7, 1942, 987 Jews were deported to Auschwitz and two days later, on August 9, she and her sister were put in the gas chamber. Edith Stein was beatified as a martyr on May 1, 1987 in Cologne by Pope John Paul II and canonized by Pope John Paul II 11 years later on October 11, 1998. The miracle that prompted the canonization occurred in Boston, Massachusetts, when she healed a little girl who had swallowed too much medicine. She is one of the six patron saints of Europe. Stein died for her faith and has many monuments and schools named after her around the world..