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Karl and Veronica Carstens in 1949. From 1939 to 1945, during the Second World War, Carstens was a member of an anti-aircraft artillery (Flak) unit in the Luftwaffe, reaching the rank of Leutnant (Second Lieutenant) by the war's end.
Karl Carstens was a German politician who helped shape West Germany’s place in postwar Europe, serving as the republic’s president from 1979 to 1984. Carstens studied law and political science at the universities of Frankfurt, Munich, Königsberg, and Hamburg (LL.D., 1937). He joined the Nazi Party.
May 31, 1992 · Karl Carstens, a former Nazi and German Army officer who helped rebuild postwar West Germany and was an architect of the Treaty of Rome, the 1957 pact that became a forerunner of the European...
Karl Walter Claus Carstens (* 14. Dezember 1914 in Bremen; † 30. Mai 1992 in Meckenheim) war ein deutscher Politiker ( CDU ), Jurist und Diplomat. Er war von 1979 bis 1984 der fünfte Bundespräsident der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Zuvor war er von 1960 bis 1969 Staatssekretär im Auswärtigen Amt, im Bundesministerium der Verteidigung und ...
to homepage. Karl Carstens (1979–1984) Karl Carstens, born in 1914 in Bremen, studied law and political science in Hamburg and France. As well as gaining a doctorate, he completed a Master of Laws degree at Yale University in Connecticut. He joined the CDU (Christian Democratic Union) in 1955.
May 31, 1992 · Karl Carstens, 77, president of West Germany from 1979 until 1984 and a popular politician despite his Nazi past, died May 30 at his home in Meckenheim, near Bonn, after a stroke.
May 31, 1992 · Karl Carstens, a former president of West Germany who came under criticism for his Nazi past, died Saturday at age 77. The cause of death was not given, though he suffered a stroke two weeks...
