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The grave of former German chancellor Helmut Schmidt has had swastikas daubed on it in the Hamburg cemetery where he lies buried, police in the northern city said on Saturday. The vandalism was done on Friday evening, a day before Schmidt, who died in 2015, would have celebrated his 105th birthday. The perpetrators remain unknown, and the swastikas have been cleaned off, according to the police report. Schmidt served as chancellor between 1974 and 1982. He made a name for himself as police senat

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Police say orange swastikas had been painted by unknown perpetrators on the grave of former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. The Social Democrat was chancellor from 1974 to 1982 and died late in 2015.

"Swastikas painted in red were discovered Friday night on their tomb at the Hamburg cemetery and were immediately erased," the police said. | World News

The graves of former West Germany chancellor Helmut Schmidt and his wife Loki have been desecrated with swastikas at a cemetery in Hamburg, police told AFP on Saturday.