GRGR (8) 158.9-159.27

Lars Frehse improfane at flashmail.com
Wed Aug 18 10:00:09 CDT 1999



"Michael D. Workman" schrieb:

> 158.9 "President, in the middle of asking the Bundestag" (GRC): "Paul von
> Hindenburg, Germany's president for the years until Hitler became dictator
> in 1934, was known (and satirized) for such a voice. His addressing the
> Bundestag, (snip...)

I´m sorry to be picky, but back then it was still the "Reichstag", meaning the
imperial parliament. The name was changed to Bundestag in the federal republic of
germany in 1949 because it stresses the federal structure of new, post-war and
civil Germany.

Cheers,
    Lars






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