Günter Grass vs Helmut Schmidt
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Compare the life timelines of Günter Grass (1927–2015) and Helmut Schmidt (1918–2015) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 88 years, from 1927 to 2015.
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Günter Grass (1927–2015)
- — Born in the Free City of Danzig Verified
- — Conscripted into the Waffen-SS Verified
- — Wounded and taken prisoner by United States forces Verified
- — Studied sculpture and graphics in Düsseldorf Verified
- — Married the Swiss dancer Anna Margareta Schwarz Verified
- — Published Die Blechtrommel (The Tin Drum) Verified
- — Married Ute Grunert Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature Verified
- — Disclosed his Waffen-SS service Verified
- — Died in Lübeck, Germany Verified
Helmut Schmidt (1918–2015)
- — Born in Hamburg Verified
- — Served in the German armed forces during the Second World War Verified
- — Married Hannelore Glaser Verified
- — Graduated in economics from the University of Hamburg Verified
- — Elected to the Bundestag Verified
- — Directed the emergency response to the North Sea flood in Hamburg Verified
- — Appointed Minister of Defence Verified
- — Became Chancellor of West Germany Verified
- — Became co-publisher of Die Zeit Verified
- — Died in Hamburg Verified