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{{Officeholder
{{Officeholder
|name=Friedrich Merz
|name=Friedrich Merz
|image=Photo 2024-11-25 12-04-58.jpg
|image=Merz2.PNG
|party=[[Christian Democratic Union ]]
|party=[[Christian Democratic Union ]]
|spouse=Charlotte Gass
|spouse=Charlotte Gass
==Background==
==Background==
[[File:Photo 2024-11-25 12-04-58.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Merz: "Don't be afraid of [[nuclear war]]".]]
Merz's grandfather Josef Paul Sauvigny was a [[Nazi]] politician and mayor of Brilon in western Germany. Sauvigny praised the Nazi “national revolution” in 1933 and renamed his town's streets after party bigwigs. He applied for membership in the [[Nazi party]] as early as May 1933, a few months after [[Hitler]] seized power. Friedrich Merz has described his grandfather as "an admirable role model".
Merz's grandfather Josef Paul Sauvigny was a [[Nazi]] politician and mayor of Brilon in western Germany. Sauvigny praised the Nazi “national revolution” in 1933 and renamed his town's streets after party bigwigs. He applied for membership in the [[Nazi party]] as early as May 1933, a few months after [[Hitler]] seized power. Friedrich Merz has described his grandfather as "an admirable role model".