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Record Nr.

UNINA9910345998703321

Autore

Heuss Theodor <1884-1963.>

Titolo

Hochverehrter Herr Bundesprasident! : der Briefwechsel mit der Bevolkerung 1949-1959 / / Theodor Heuss; hrsg. und bearb. von Wolfram Werner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, : De Gruyter, 2010

ISBN

1-282-67337-8

9786612673375

3-11-023235-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (594 p.)

Collana

Briefe / Theodor Heuss

Classificazione

NQ 6685

Altri autori (Persone)

WernerWolfram

Disciplina

943.087

943.3

Soggetti

Statesmen - Germany

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Inhalt -- Vorwort des Editionsbeirates -- Theodor Heuss: Lebensstationen -- Einführung:Theodor Heuss im Briefwechsel mit der Bevölkerung 1949-1959 -- Zur Edition -- Verzeichnis der Briefe -- Briefe -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

From the beginning it was a key priority of the first president of the Federal Republic of Germany to reply personally to many of the hundreds of letters he received every day from individual citizens. In Heuss' correspondence with them, important themes of postwar society in the context of collapse and reconstruction, restoration and new beginning are evident. Heuss' letters were friendly in tone and written specifically to each individual. Often quite humorous, they sometimes tended to be lecturesome and contentious. The letters provide insight into how Heuss perceived his office, and his st