Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. View of the grave of Helmut and Hannelore Schmidt at the cemetery in Hamburg-Ohlsdorf. Markus Scholz/dpa The grave of former ...

Helmut Schmidt, the former West German chancellor who marshaled personal dynamism, managerial brilliance and often acid-tongued impatience to push his country into an assertive international role as ...

News of the death of Helmut Schmidt on November 10 had hardly emerged before the German media went into overdrive eulogizing the former chancellor, who would have turned 97 on December 23. He was ...

The Economist obituary about ex-chancellor Helmut Schmidt, who died November 10 at the age of 96, used these adjectives that often apply to type #8, the Asserter: imperious, rude, impatient, and brave ...

Former West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt died on Tuesday aged 96 and leaders from around Europe praised him as an architect of international cooperation and post-war European integration. Schmidt ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Former West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt died on Tuesday aged 96 and leaders from Europe and the United States praised him as an architect of international cooperation and ...

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 ...