A look back at the career of German ex-Chancellor Helmut Schmidt Helmut Schmidt, who served as West German Chancellor from 1974 to 1982, has died aged 96, his office says. Mr Schmidt, who was a Social Democrat, was an architect of the European Monetary System, which linked EU currencies and helped pave the way to the euro. He also helped to consolidate Germany's post-war economic boom. Chancellor
The BBC's Brian Hanrahan reports on Gunther Schabowksi's Politburo announcement - from 9 November 1989 A senior East German official whose impromptu announcement at a news conference led to the demise of the Berlin Wall in 1989 has died aged 86. Guenter Schabowski said travel restrictions on the ex-state's citizens would be immediately lifted, prompting tens of thousands to cross to the West. Offi
Guenter Grass: "I have always considered myself a writer and a citizen" Guenter Grass, German Nobel literature prize winner and author of The Tin Drum, has died aged 87. His publisher said he passed away at a clinic in Luebeck on Monday morning. Born in what was then Danzig, Grass served in the German military in World War Two and published his breakthrough anti-Nazi novel, The Tin Drum, in 1959.
Richard von Weizsaecker served two terms either side of reunification Germany's former President Richard von Weizsaecker has died at the age of 94, the president's office has announced. Mr Weizsaecker's 10 years in office, from 1984 to 1994, spanned the period of German reunification. A soldier in the German army in World War Two, Weizsaecker won widespread praise for his efforts to persuade Germa
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