What coalitions will be formed at the elections? Could the NSDAP still have some votes? Would the parties be the same as in the Weimar Republic or would there be the same parties as OTL Germany?(CDU, FDP...) Would the Green Party still emerge?
Hello fellow colleagues and comrades,
today I got another famous German Social Democrat. He was and still is one of the most remembered politicians in Modern Germany, a great speaker and famous smoker. Pragmatic, a bit of an idealist - with the famous sentence "Wer Visionen hat sollte zum Arzt gehen" ("Those who have visions should see a doctor"). The classic mindset of a hanseatic city with a bit of "Englishness" .Let me present: Helmut Schmidt
Birth and early life
Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt was born on December 23rd 1918, only a few weeks after the end of World War I, in Hamburg, Germany. He was the oldest of two sons to the teachers Gustav and Ludovica Schmidt. He was raised in a stern way by his father, who was quite strict and disciplined with his sons. Schmidt later said, that his father taught him how to be a citizen of Hamburg - pragmatic at all times.
In 1933, Hitler came to power in Germany. Helmut wanted to join the HJ (Hitlerjungend - Youth Wing of the NSDAP), but his mother told him that his real grandfather (his father was adopted) was a jew - so he was part-jewish. This never came out, but his father was filled with fear during the war. He never met his real grandfather nor often spoke with his own father about this topic.
He was a famous pupil of the Lichtwarkschule in Hamburg, which used a seperate curriculum in comparison to all other schools. Helmut had an extensive education in music, his favourite instrument being the piano. He graduated from the school (Abitur) in 1937. Shortly after that, he was drafted to the Wehrmacht for his military service. In late 1937, he first met the later dissident Cato Bontjes van Beek (they met a few times during the war), she was killed in 1943 by the Nazis.
The Second World War
The war began on September 1st 1939. At this time he was part of the air defense of Bremen in the rank of Sergeant. In 1941 he was part of the 1st Panzer Division in Operation Barbarossa against the USSR. In 1942, he was transferred to the Reichsluftfahrtministerium (Reichs Air Ministry) in Berlin, where he would remain up until 1944. As part of the Ministry, Schmidt was witness to one trial day against the conspirators of July 20th 1944 - but after asking his superior was relieved of said duty. In the later months he came into trouble with hardcore Nazis but never was trialed. In late April 1945 he was captured by the British in North Germany (near Soltau in the LΓΌneburger Heide). He was put into a PO
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Woran liegt es das ich mir stundenlang alte Interviews ΓΌber Schmidt geben kann? Anscheinend teilen auch viele in den jeweiligen YouTube Kommentaren diese Meinung. Seine Wortgewandtheit? Sein Auftreten?
What do you think about the old german chancellors Helmut Schmidt and Willy Brandt? They was both Social democrats for the SPD the Socialdemocatic Party of Germany.
Sorry if my englisch is bad. I'am a german.
