Tag: Hans-Dietrich Gensche

• Monday, April 4th 2016 - 04:25 UTC

  Genscher, an architect of reunification and modern Germany dies in Bonn

  

  Hans-Dietrich Genscher, a widely respected German elder statesman who helped break down international resistance to the 1990 reunification of East and West Germany, died on Thursday at his home near Bonn. He was 89. His office confirmed the death, saying he had been stricken by heart failure. Bonn was West Germany’s capital during the Cold War.