A striking piece of contemporary history
David Ben Gurion and Konrad Adenauer stand as stalwarts of 20th-century politics, their legacies linked through German and Israeli history, revealing striking parallels. Despite ascending to the pinnacle of political power relatively late in life, both emerge as architects of a new statehood for their respective nations, carrying out pioneering work both domestically and on the diplomatic stage. Their bond deepens into friendship although they only met face-to-face on two occasions.
Born 1967 in Munich, Dr. phil. (Ph.D.), studied Political Science, Contemporary History and Public Law at University of Bonn, 1989-1994. Former member of the team of speech writers for the former Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl and head of the speech-writing division for the former Ministerpresident of the State of Thuringia, Bernhard Vogel. From 2003-2014 director of department 'Politics and Consulting' in the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS). 2014-2017 resident representative of KAS in Israel. Since 2017 director of the department 'References and Research Services/Archive for Christian Democratic Policy' in KAS and as such responsible for the documents of the CDU.