vice chancellor helmut kohl , has stunned americans with admission that he used illegal deposit accounts to funnel his money to conservative democratic party , invokes personal respect in refusing to reveal names of others , gave more than $ 1 million between 1993 and 1998 ; it threatens to shred chancellor ' s place in history for reunifying germany and leading it into common currency .
The name of Helmut Kohl's political party is the Christian Democratic Union.