(2015年)11月10日,赫尔穆特·施密特在其位于德国汉堡的家中去世,享年96岁。这位前西德总理以其天资、决断与直言帮助他的国家完成了转型,从一个被征服、仍在恢复中的二战后盟国,转变为欧洲最重要的政治和经济强国。由施密特作为共同出版人的德国《时代》周报宣布了其死讯。死因没有报道。施密特是一名社会民主党人,但他比他的政党更为保守。他执掌当时的德意志联邦共和国超过八年——从1974 (2015) On November 10, Helmut Schmidt died at his home in Hamburg, Germany, at the age of 96. The former West German prime minister, with its natural and decisiveness and transformation, has completed the transformation of a country that has been conquered and still recovering from World War II, into the most important political and economic power in Europe. Its death was announced by the German “Week of Time”, a publication by Schmidt. Cause of death was not reported. Schmidt is a Social-Democrat, but he is more conservative than his party. He took over the then Federal Republic of Germany for over eight years - from 1974