Investigations - Helmut and Loki Schmidt's grave smeared with swastikas
On Friday evening, unknown perpetrators daubed swastikas on the grave of former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and his wife Loki Schmidt at the Ohlsdorf cemetery. It was the eve of Schmidt's birthday - the prominent politician would have turned 105 on Saturday.
The orange graffiti was quickly removed in the evening, according to the police on Saturday. However, the background to the crime or the identity of the perpetrator or perpetrators is still unclear. State security is now investigating.
In a statement, the Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt Foundation, the Helmut and Loki Schmidt Foundation and the Loki Schmidt Foundation condemned the desecration of the grave in the strongest terms: "This mindless vandalism is a massive attempt to damage the memory of both of them. Both Loki and Helmut Schmidt always stood up for freedom, democracy and international understanding." They would have firmly rejected inhuman tyranny and anti-Semitism.
Helmut Schmidt was an SPD politician and German Chancellor from 1974 to 1982. From 1983 until his death, he was co-editor of the weekly newspaper "Die Zeit". He died in November 2015.
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- Last Friday, unknown individuals painted swastikas on the gravestone of the late German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and his wife Loki Schmidt in Hamburg, sparking outrage from the community and the couple's foundations.
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- In the midst of celebrating Helmut Schmidt's 105th birthday, unknown perpetrators desecrated his and his wife Loki's grave in Hamburg's Ohlsdorf cemetery with swastikas, a symbol of hatred and intolerance.
Source: www.stern.de
