Cartoon by Lang on the Bundestag’s ratification of the Élysée Treaty (18 May 1963)
Image ‘Marabonn runner. Victory! Victory!’ On 18 May 1963, German cartoonist Ernst Maria Lang illustrates the Bundestag's ratification of the Élysée Treaty two days earlier. Chancellor Adenauer, depicted as the Greek messenger who ran from Marathon to Athens to announce victory against the Persians at the end of the Battle of Marathon, announces the good news to French President de Gaulle.
Source and copyright
Source: LANG, Ernst Maria "Der Läufer von Marabonn. Sieg! Sieg!" dans Süddeutsche Zeitung. Münchner Neueste Nachrichten aus Politik, Kultur, Wirtschaft und Sport. München: Süddeutscher Verlag.18-19.05.1963, n° 119, 19. Jg, p.3.
Copyright: (c) Ernst Maria LANG
