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You can find further interviews with contemporary witnesses at http://www.zeitzeugen-portal.de under the headings "time periods", "topics" or "people". Famous and recognized as Federal President through his speeches, he talks about his childhood, youth, his time as a soldier and his dealings with his father. He talks about his involvement with the Church Congress and his time as Federal President and assesses the domestic and foreign policy tasks after reunification. He focuses in particular on Europeanization, the UN and the unification of East and West Germany. (Rights: © ZDF)