Editing Konrad Adenauer (section)

==== Assassination attempt ====
On 27 March 1952, a package addressed to Chancellor Adenauer exploded in the [[Munich]] Police Headquarters, killing one Bavarian police officer, Karl Reichert.<ref>{{cite book| author-last1= Gehler | author-first1= Michael |title= Three Germanies: West Germany, East Germany and the Berlin Republic | date = 1 October 2010 | publisher = Reaktion Books | isbn= 978-1861897787| page =62| edition= Illustrated paperback}}</ref> Investigations revealed the mastermind behind the assassination attempt to be [[Menachem Begin]], who would later become the Prime Minister of [[Israel]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,421441,00.html |title=Interview with H. Sietz, investigator (German) |access-date=15 June 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060620034025/http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,421441,00.html |archive-date=20 June 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Begin had been the commander of [[Irgun]] and at that time headed [[Herut]] and was a member of the [[Knesset]]. His goal was to put pressure on the German government and prevent the signing of the [[Reparations Agreement between Israel and West Germany]], which he vehemently opposed.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/germany/article/0,,1797768,00.html |title=Menachem Begin 'plotted to kill German chancellor' |newspaper=The Guardian |date=15 June 2006 |location=London |first=Luke |last=Harding |access-date=15 December 2016 |archive-date=13 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213144515/https://www.theguardian.com/germany/article/0,,1797768,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The West German government kept all proof under seal in order to prevent [[antisemitism|antisemitic]] responses from the German public.