The grave of former German chancellor Helmut Schmidt and his wife Loki Schmidt has had swastikas daubed on it in the Hamburg cemetery where the couple lies buried, police in the northern city said on ...

During his eight years in office, he was admired for the way he steered West Germany through both an economic crisis and violent outbursts of terrorism. Former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt has died at ...

BERLIN -- Helmut Schmidt, the chancellor who guided West Germany through economic turbulence and Cold War tensions, stood firm against a wave of homegrown terrorism and became a respected elder ...

BERLIN – A timeline of the career of Helmut Schmidt: — Dec. 23, 1918: Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt born in Hamburg, Germany. — 1939-1945: Serves periodically as a soldier during World War II, ...

Helmut Schmidt, the former German chancellor who is credited with guiding West Germany through economic turbulence and Cold War tensions and turning the country into an economic powerhouse, died on ...

Helmut Schmidt, the chancellor who guided West Germany through economic turbulence and Cold War tensions, stood firm against a wave of homegrown terrorism and became a respected elder statesman, died ...

Helmut Schmidt escaped forever being associated with a Nazi past to become known as the man who helped revive the reputation of Germany Always outspoken, he was dubbed Schmidt-schnauze (Schmidt the ...

He was a politician of the century, who'd ignore all of Germany's smoking bans. On December 23, Helmut Schmidt would have turned 100. Different events commemorate the distinguished public figure. Many ...

BERLIN — Helmut Schmidt, the chancellor who guided West Germany through economic turbulence and Cold War tensions, died Tuesday. He was 96. German weekly Die Zeit, of which Schmidt was a co-publisher, ...

BERLIN (AP) — Helmut Schmidt, the chancellor who guided West Germany through economic turbulence and Cold War tensions, stood firm against a wave of homegrown terrorism and became a respected elder ...

Former West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt was one of the founding fathers of the euro but will probably be best remembered for his tough stance against the far-left Red Army Faction (RAF) ...

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. Employees at Schmidt’s office in Germany’s ...