Das Buch untersucht das Wirken von Alcide De Gasperi und Konrad Adenauer für die Überwindung der damals noch frischen und in der wechselseitigen Betrachtung noch immer lebendigen Vergangenheit, für die Wiederaufnahme der diplomatischen Beziehungen zwischen Deutschland und Italien sowie für die Bildung eines vereinten Europa.

The bilateral cultural centre of Villa Vigoni on Lake Como is dedicated to deepening and exploring German-Italian relations in literature, research, culture and politics, and to this end also organises numerous specialist conferences.The series of publications from Villa Vigoni allows all those interested in the bilateral relations between Germany and Italy to share in the outstanding results of these conferences. The objective is to provide research-based documentation which will help in the processing of the German-Italian cultural tradition and further the cause of bilateral understanding.

The bilateral cultural centre of Villa Vigoni on Lake Como is dedicated to deepening and exploring German-Italian relations in literature, research, culture and politics, and to this end also organises numerous specialist conferences.The series of publications from Villa Vigoni allows all those interested in the bilateral relations between Germany and Italy to share in the outstanding results of these conferences. The objective is to provide research-based documentation which will help in the processing of the German-Italian cultural tradition and further the cause of bilateral understanding.