Merkel, Gauck and Steinmeier Sign Book of Condolence for Helmut Schmidt
Books of condolence were opened to the public in Hamburg and Berlin on Wednesday, November 11, in the wake of the death of former chancellor Helmut Schmidt. President Joachim Gauck, Chancellor Angela Merkel and Minister for Foreign Affairs Frank-Walter Steinmeier all signed the book in Berlin on Wednesday morning. Schmidt’s state funeral will be held in Hamburg in “two or three weeks’ time,” Deutsche Welle said. Credit: Facebook/Bundesregierung