Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt (1918 - 2015)

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Biography

Preceded by 4th Bundeskanzler Willy Brandt 1969 - 1974

Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt 5th Bundeskanzler of the Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1974 - 1982

Succeeded by 6th Bundeskanzler Helmut Kohl 1982 - 1998

Helmut Schmidt is Notable.

Helmut Schmidt was born on 23 Dec 1918 in Hamburg. He was the son of Gustav Ludwig (Wenzel) Schmidt and Ludovica, née Koch.

Helmut married Hannelore "Loki" Glaser on 27 Jun 1942 in Hamburg (church wedding on 1 Jul 1942 in Hambergen, Niedersachsen). They had two children:

• Helmut Walter (26 Jun 1944 - 19 Feb 1945),^[1]
• Susanne (living).

After serving in the Wehrmacht (German Army) during World War II, Helmut studied economics and political science at the University of Hamburg 1945-1949. In 1946, he joined the Social Democratic Party (SPD). From 1949 to 1953, he worked in the economics and transport ministry of Hamburg. He was elected to the Bundestag (1953–61), returned to service in Hamburg (1961–65), and was re-elected to the Bundestag in 1965. Schmidt became vice-chairman of the SPD in 1968 and served as minister of defense (1969–72) and minister of finance (1972–74) in the federal government of Chancellor Willy Brandt. Schmidt was elected Bundeskanzler of the Bundesrepublik Deutschland on 16 May 1974. On 1 Oct 1982, having lost his voting majority in the Bundestag, he resigned upon a vote of no confidence. He continued to serve as a member of the Bundestag until his retirement from politics in 1986. Schmidt was the author of numerous books. From 1983 until his death, he was also co-publisher of the weekly newspaper Die Zeit.^[2][3]

He passed away on 10 Nov 2015 in Hamburg and is buried at Friedhof Ohlsdorf.^[4][5]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #159158118
2. ↑ Helmut Schmidt - chancellor of West Germany. In: Encyclopaedia Britannica. Last Updated: May 17, 2021
3. ↑ Biografie Helmut Schmidt. In: Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt Stiftung
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #154830046
5. ↑ Verein für Computergenealogie, Grabsteinprojekt, database and images (https://grabsteine.genealogy.net/tomb.php?cem=3722&tomb=140 : accessed 19 July 2022) gravestone for Schmidt, Helmut, * 1918, + 2015 at Friedhof Hamburg-Ohlsdorf, 0071, photographed in 2016.

See also:

• Wikidata: Item Q2516
• English Wikipedia article on Helmut Schmidt
• German Wikipedia article on Helmut Schmidt
• Schweizer, Günther und Irmscher, Klaus. Die südwestdeutschen Ahnen des Altbundeskanzlers Helmut Schmidt. In: Südwestdeutsche Blätter für Familien-und Wappenkunde. - 22. 1998/2000. - S. 265 - 289. statistik-bw.de, see also: brigittegastelancestry.com: This source contains a lot of genealogical Information about Helmut Schmidt's ancestors, in particular those from southwest Germany. It also shows connections between Helmut Schmidt and notables Christian Prinz von Dänemark, Max Planck, Friedrich Theodor Vischer, and Ludwig Uhland (see this page) as well as Gustav Schmoller, Richard v. Weizsäcker, Ludwig Finck, Friedrich Hölderlin, and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (see this page).
• Ein kurzer Brief aus dem Jahr 1942 und seine historische Bedeutung. In: Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt Stiftung, 13 Feb 2021
• Bernhard Spring und Torsten Adam. Jüdischer Friedhof in Bernburg: Das Familiengeheimnis von Helmut Schmidt. In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, 13 Nov 2015
• Wunder, Olaf. Helmut Schmidt: Die jüdischen Verwandten des Alt-Kanzlers. In: Hamburger Morgenpost, 10 Feb 2021
• http://gedbas.de/person/show/1258844939
• https://geneee.org/helmut/schmidt?lang=de