In an interview with Bild, Prof. Schlie argues: "Erhard's membership card, which was issued to him in 1968, shows the year 1949 as the year of entry. That is forged!" It can be shown from the receipt for subsequently paid party dues that Erhard only became a full member of the CDU in 1968, after his term of office as Chancellor of the Federal Republic. Thus, according to the party's statutes, Erhard could not have been elected CDU chairman in 1966.
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schlie in an interview with Bild: CDU party book falsified by Ludwig Erhard Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schlie in an interview with Bild: CDU party book falsified by Ludwig Erhard
Ludwig Erhard was the second German Chancellor and is remembered by Germans as the "father of the German Wirtschaftswunder". As part of the publication of Erhard's memoirs, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schlie has taken a closer look at his party career and now shows that Erhard's entry into the CDU in 1949 was faked.
Prof. Schlie im Interview mit der Bild.de
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Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schlie is Director of the Center for Advanced Security, Strategic and Integration Studies (CASSIS) and Henry Kissinger Professor for Security and Strategy Research at the Institute for Political Science and Sociology.