‘Germany. Schuman. — “You see, I knew him when he was this high!”’ On 19 September 1951, German-born cartoonist Woop (William Wolpe) illustrates the fears of French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman (on the right) at the possible rearmament of the young West Germany, depicted as a small child already showing signs of remilitarisation (Wehrmacht helmet and boots). Under pressure from the United States, which wants its European allies to prepare for this rearmament so as to counter the threat from the Eastern bloc, Robert Schuman reminds US Secretary of State Dean Acheson of the painful memories left by the Second World War and the German military occupation. France fears a resurgence of German hegemony on the European continent.