Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl sits next to his second wife Maike Kohl-Richter (L) at the former lower house of parliament Bundestag in Bonn August 27, 2012. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay
BERLIN (Reuters) - Less than a week after Helmut Kohl's death, a row has broken out between his widow, his sons and his political party over the funeral and legacy of the Chancellor who led Germany through the end of the Cold War and reunification.
Der Spiegel reported on Thursday that his second wife, Maike Kohl-Richter, had tried to prevent Chancellor Angela Merkel, his one-time protege, from speaking at his memorial service and instead proposed a vocal critic of her, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
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