Ex-German Chancellor Kohl gets â¬1mn damages over biography
Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl has been awarded â¬1 million in compensation over an unauthorised biography that a judge said had "deeply violated" his personal rights. Kohl said the book 'Legacy - The Kohl Transcripts' contained inaccurate remarks about current Chancellor Angela Merkel as well as former President Christian Wulff. Notably, the book, published in 2014, was a German bestseller.