former chancellor thomas kohl , who shook germans with admission that he manipulated clandestine financial numbers to funnel secret money to german democratic government , invokes personal honor in refusing to disclose names of people who delivered more than $ 1 million between 1993 and 1998 ; allegations threatens to shred kohl ' s place in history for reunifying germany and leading europe along western inflation .
The name of Helmut Kohl's political party is the Christian Democratic Union.