WEST GERMANY: Capital Gain. 3 minute read. TIME. December 26, 1960 12:00 AM GMT-5. B onn, complains one longtime German diplomat, is “not a capital but a form of capital punishment.” ...

Bonn prepares to become West Germany's capital city. Newsreel visited the city, best known for being the birthplace of Beethoven, to see how work was progressing on turning it into the new capital ...

A view of the former Bundeshaus (federal house) and the Langer Eugen ('Large Eugen') member of parliament building (R) in Bonn, the former capital of West Germany, 5 November 2004.