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Federal Foreign Minister Westerwelle on the death of Loki Schmidt

21.10.2010 - Press release

Federal Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle issued the following statement today (21 October) on the death of Loki Schmidt:

I was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Loki Schmidt. We have lost in her an engaged citizen in the best possible sense, a woman who experienced and helped shape Germany’s post-war history at the side of her husband.
She was ahead of her time in her advocacy for nature preservation and the environment, work that awakened and heightened public awareness of these issues.
My thoughts are with her husband and loved ones at this time.” I was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Loki Schmidt. We have lost in her an engaged citizen in the best possible sense, a woman who experienced and helped shape Germany’s post-war history at the side of her husband.

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