Editing Helmut Kohl (section)

=== Life before politics ===
After graduating in 1956, Kohl became a fellow at the Alfred Weber Institute of Heidelberg University under [[Dolf Sternberger]]{{sfn|Schwarz|2012|p=64}} where he was an active member of the student society [[AIESEC]].<ref>{{cite web |title=60 Years AIESEC: Thinking Globally, Acting Socially |url=https://www.kit.edu/kit/english/pi_2013_13577.php |website=kit.edu |access-date=10 June 2015 |date=27 June 2013}}</ref> In 1958, Kohl received his doctorate degree in history for his dissertation ''Die politische Entwicklung in der Pfalz und das Wiedererstehen der Parteien nach 1945'' ("The Political Developments in the Palatinate and the Reconstruction of Political Parties after 1945"), under the supervision of the historian Walther Peter Fuchs.{{sfn|Schwarz|2012|pages=68–69}} After that, Kohl entered business, first as an assistant to the director of a foundry in Ludwigshafen,{{sfn|Schwarz|2012|p=90}} then, in April 1960, as a manager for the Industrial Union for Chemistry in Ludwigshafen.{{sfn|Schwarz|2012|p=90}}