Hundreds of people visit Kohl
speyer July 2, 2017 16:39Almost one day after the funeral of Helmut Kohl, hundreds of people visited Sunday where the former German Chancellor died last week.
Almost one day after the funeral of Helmut Kohl, hundreds of people visited Sunday where the former German Chancellor died last week.
Europe has dignified farewell to German statesman Helmut Kohl, who played a key role in Germany's reunification, enlargement of the European Union and the introduction of the euro. Kohl was first given an official European funeral ceremony and his chest was placed under the European flag in the European Parliament.
With a musical ceremony on the Domplein, the German town of Speyer, Saturday night ended the public ceremonies around the funeral of German statesman Helmut Kohl.
The chest with the body of former Chancellor Kohl has arrived in Speyer. Accompanied by several police boats, the ship 'Mainz' put in the afternoon on the banks of the Rhine near Speyer's dome on Saturday.
Former Chancellor Helmut Kohl (87) is being buried today. As a European citizen, he gets the first EU funeral of history. 'My husband was European. He always worried about Europe's well-being, which is a matter of war and peace for him. '
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