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Walter Kohl, in his book "Leben oder gelebt were. Schritte auf dem Weg zur Versöhnung 'an insight into the family life of former Chancellor Helmut Kohl. It's not a happy story. The contact with his father has been completely broken. After Walters book and his TV appearance at the ARD yesterday that will not be repaired.
The beginning of the final break with his father started woodbury outlets in the late nineties Spendenaffäre says Walter Kohl. Helmut Kohl, chancellor now-off, appeared to have adopted woodbury outlets to fill. The party assets woodbury outlets black money A huge scandal, which in itself was a heavy burden for his family.
But even worse was that his father had absolutely no regard for the suffering of his family, said Walter Kohl in the talk show Beckmann, last night at the ARD. "When it became clear to me: I have to handle it alone." Father and son grew apart and eventually woodbury outlets had nothing more to say to each other. Helmut Kohl's woodbury outlets second marriage in 2008, Walter was via a telegram informed. If he wanted to break down the total contact Walter finally woodbury outlets asked his father. "Yes," answered that. Similarity woodbury outlets
Or his father "Leben oder gelebt were. Has Schritte auf dem Weg zur Versöhnung "read, he does not know, says Walter Kohl at Beckmann. He has not written his book to deal with his father, he explains. He is interested in reconciliation. He has reconciled with the fact that he has no contact with his father. Just as he had to learn to reconcile the suicide of his mother Hannelore in 2001. Itself woodbury outlets She suffered a severe light allergy and lived at last alone in a dark room. In addition, she was deeply hurt by the Spendenaffäre, said her son. That they did not get out.
It's a strange sensation Walter Kohl seen on TV. He seems to look very like his father, is sovereign and checked over. But he also arouses sympathy, because he speaks openly, honestly and deliberate about his life.
Quiet, sober, so also assess the German woodbury outlets media, the style of his book. It succeeds Walter Kohl telling his "tricky" story "without being bitter," says the Frankfurter woodbury outlets Allgemeine Zeitung. With "great tact," he has "a unique combination of autobiography and guide for the soul" written, according to the influential conservative woodbury outlets newspaper. Yet, writes Die Zeit, the story your heart. Beaten up
"I was not judged by what I was, but what is projected on me," said Walter Kohl. That had been since his first school in 1969, when his father had become. Grid Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate He was sent away as a boy in the football and beaten up at school, he says. The people saw his father when they spoke to him, and thus he had to learn. In addition, his father was almost never there. "His true family is called CDU, not Kohl."
As a boy of 13 years, at the time of the terror of the Red Army Faction, he was told that was 5 million mark worth living. That was the maximum woodbury outlets amount paid if he would be kidnapped. In later years, it was not easy. In recent years, Walter Kohl also contemplated suicide. But, he says, he's woodbury outlets glad he finally the role of victim has managed to shake off.
He now goes his own way and follows from a distance the life of his 80-year-old father, told Walter Kohl last month in an interview with Die Welt newspaper: "I'm happy for my dad that he is serious image crisis Spendenaffäre behind has left. "
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(ARD Mediathek)