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Battle of the Bulge. Awards. Iron Cross 2nd Class. Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt ( German pronunciation: [ˈhɛlmuːt ˈʃmɪt] ⓘ; 23 December 1918 – 10 November 2015) was a German politician and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), who served as the chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982.
Nov 10, 2015 · BERLIN (AP) — Helmut Schmidt was blunt and down to earth, decisive and brimming with self-confidence.
Helmut Schmidt was a Social Democratic politician who was chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982. He later was copublisher (1983–2015) of the influential weekly Die Zeit. Schmidt, who was the son of a half-Jewish teacher, served in the Wehrmacht (German Army) during World War II.
Helmut Schmidt talking to shipyard workers. Photo: Bundesregierung/Reineke. Helmut Schmidt (SPD) continued the SPD/FDP coalition after Willy Brandt’s resignation. He had to deal with economic crises and the acts of terrorism committed by the Red Army Faction (RAF).
Nov 10, 2015 · Helmut Schmidt, the former West German chancellor who marshaled personal dynamism, managerial brilliance and often acid-tongued impatience to push his country into an assertive...
Nov 11, 2015 · Former West German chancellor Helmut Schmidt, who died Tuesday at age 96, was an inveterate European, master of realpolitik, and a straight-talking elder statesman who commanded respect and ...
The Bundeskanzler-Helmut-Schmidt-Stiftung commemorates one of the most important 20th-century German statesmen. As a future-oriented think tank, it addresses issues that also animated Schmidt, the pioneering thinker.
Nov 10, 2015 · Helmut Schmidt, the former West German chancellor who steered his country through the world economic crisis and cold war tension of the 1970s and early 1980s has died at the age of 96.
Helmut Schmidt was held in the highest regard both at home and abroad: as an incisive thinker, urbane chronicler and homo politicus who believed that controversial debate is one of the core principles of democracy. Helmut Schmidt received countless honours, prizes and awards from all over the world.
Nov 10, 2015 · Former West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt died on Tuesday aged 96 and leaders from around Europe praised him as an architect of international cooperation and post-war European integration.
