http://www.christeck.de/wp/2008/12/23/happy-birthday-mr-schmidt/ IT, software, gadgets, openstreetmap, synthesizers, and anything else that matters Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:21:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.christeck.de/wp/2008/12/23/happy-birthday-mr-schmidt/comment-page-1/#comment-2336 Richard von Weizsäcker is celebrating his 90. Birthday « Points of Interest Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:30:02 +0000 http://www.christeck.de/wp/?p=155#comment-2336 [...] Richard von Weizsäcker, an elderly German statesman who served as Governing Mayor of West Berlin (1981-1984) and President of Germany (1984-1994) is celebrating his 90th birthday. I remember him as the dignified president of my youth, being a honest politician and a strong democrat. He is known for his famous speeches and his initiative in 1985 to finally understand the lost WW2 less as a defeat than the liberation from nazi terror and new chances. He is a man of the same category as Helmut Schmidt. [...] [...] Richard von Weizsäcker, an elderly German statesman who served as Governing Mayor of West Berlin (1981-1984) and President of Germany (1984-1994) is celebrating his 90th birthday. I remember him as the dignified president of my youth, being a honest politician and a strong democrat. He is known for his famous speeches and his initiative in 1985 to finally understand the lost WW2 less as a defeat than the liberation from nazi terror and new chances. He is a man of the same category as Helmut Schmidt. [...]

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