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Helmut Schmidt

1918–2015 · 20th century

Helmut Schmidt (1918–2015) was a German Social Democratic politician who was chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982. As Hamburg's senator for the interior he won national fame for directing rescue work during the North Sea flood of 1962. As chancellor he steered the country through economic crises and left-wing terrorism and backed NATO's deployment of new missiles in Europe.

Helmut Schmidt
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