He died at age 96 in his hometown of Hamburg Helmut Schmidt, who was West Germany’s chancellor from 1974 to 1982, has died in his hometown of Hamburg, staffers in two of his offices said Tuesday.

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News of the death of Helmut Schmidt on November 10 had hardly emerged before the German media went into overdrive eulogizing the former chancellor, who would have turned 97 on December 23. He was ...

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The grave of former German chancellor Helmut Schmidt has had swastikas daubed on it in the Hamburg cemetery where he lies buried, police in the northern city said on Saturday. The vandalism was done ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Former West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt died on Tuesday aged 96 and leaders from Europe and the United States praised him as an architect of international cooperation and ...

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. Schmidt ...

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 international role as ...

BERLIN — Helmut Schmidt, the chancellor who guided West Germany through economic turbulence and Cold War tensions, died Tuesday. He was 96. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get ...