As Germany's minister of economic affairs from 1949 to 1963, Ludwig Erhard crafted the plan for West Germany's post-World War II economic recovery, sometimes called the German "economic miracle." Only ...

(See Cover) It is hard to imagine a figure less martial than West Germany’s new Chancellor. Round of shape, soft in manner, sanguine in temperament, he is every one’s rich uncle, the man who made West ...

Former Chancellor Ludwig Erhard will go to Israel at the end of next month for a “private” visit as a guest of the Israeli Government, it was announced here today. He will be accompanied by his wife.

West German politics has been a queer mixture of weakly defined parties since the country's formation fourteen years ago. Konrad Adenauer maintained a continuity of policy only by clever political ...

Chancellor Ludwig Erhard indicated today that he did not intend to take action in the near future on establishing normal diplomatic relations between West Germany and Israel but he emphasized that he ...

Ludwig Erhard seemed to be the incarnate symbol of prosperity. As economics minister of the young Federal Republic, he had become a legend. But as chancellor he soon found himself on the defensive. In ...