Robert Schuman

1958

The text of the medal presented reads:

Karlspreis der Stadt Aachen 1958 für Robert Schuman
Für die Einheit Europas

Vita

1886

Born

Law in Metz, Berlin, Munich, Bonn and Strasbourg, doctorate in law

Study

1919

Election to the French Chamber of Deputies

Arrest by the Gestapo, 1942 Escape

1940

1946-1962

Member of the French National Assembly

finance ministers

1946

1948-1952

foreign ministers

Minister of Justice

1955-1956

1947/1948

Eight months as prime minister

Proposal of the Schuman Plan for the European Coal and Steel Community

1950

1958

Election as President of the European Assembly, resigned 1960

deceased

1963

Text of the Certificate of Honour

The International Charlemagne Prize of the City of Aachen for the year 1958 was awarded to Robert Schuman on Ascension Day, 15 May 1958, in the Coronation Hall of Aachen City Hall, the former imperial palace, in recognition of his great achievements in laying the first practical foundations for a European federation in the political and economic spheres and for a shared future of Germany and France in peace and security.