A hundred years ago, when Richard Strauss, who has already been quoted and already been heard today, and other creative people, laid the foundation stone for the joint assertion of their rights and interests, they had pioneering work ahead of them in Germany.

Rau had a deep and lifelong commitment to bringing reconciliation between Germany and its past. Only two months later (19 October 2004) a hematoma in the abdominal cavity was surgically removed. However Israeli President MoJohannes Rau Katsav supported and praised him for bridging the gap between the two states.

Johannes Rau (German pronunciation: [joˈhanəs ˈʁaʊ]; 16 January 1931 – 27 January 2006) was a German politician of the SPD.