His civil engineering work as mayor and member of the Center Party led a head of state to elevate him to national prominence, though he was later imprisoned as a result of the Night of the Long Knives.
This man organized a successful deal for war prisoners that became the "Return of the 10,000," and was succeeded by the architect of his country's "Economic Miracle," Ludwig Erhard. His civil engineering work as mayor and member of the Center Party led a head of state to elevate him to national prominence, though he was later imprisoned as a result of the Night of the Long Knives. The mayor of Cologne during the Weimar era, for 10 points, name this man who became leader of the Christian Democratic Union and first Chancellor of West Germany.
This man organized a successful deal for war prisoners that became the "Return of the 10,000," and was succeeded by the architect of his country's "Economic Miracle," Ludwig Erhard.
Konrad Hermann Josef {Adenauer}