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Helmut Schmidt

Personal detailsBornHelmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt(1918-12-23)23 December 1918Barmbeck, Hamburg, Weimar RepublicDied10 November 2015(2015-11-10) (aged 96)Hamburg, GermanyResting placeOhlsdorf CemeteryPartySPD (from 1946)SpouseHannelore "Loki" Glaser​​(m. 1942; died 2010)​Domestic partner (from 2012)Children2Alma materUniversity of HamburgOccupationPoliticiancivil servantpublishereconomistSignatureMilitary serviceAllegianceNazi GermanyBranch/serviceLuftwaffeYears of service1937–1945RankOberleutnant (d.R.)Unit1st Panzer DivisionBattles/warsSecond World War Eastern FrontOperation BarbarossaSiege of LeningradBattle of MoscowWestern FrontBattle of the BulgeAwardsIron Cross 2nd ClassHelmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt (German:; 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.

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