What is the correct year of birth of ex-Chancellor Helmut Schmidt? In Mannheim, the administration knows that now…
Mannheim – Embarrassing thing: The city of Mannheim hung up a bridge sign with the wrong year of birth of ex-Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and promptly had to remove it again. “We are extremely sorry for the mistake,” said a city spokesman on Thursday.
The sign had already been taken down in the morning and a new one had already been commissioned. It is unclear why the “extremely annoying error” occurred. “We’re investigating now,” the spokesman said. The sign had incorrectly stated 1915 as Schmidt’s year of birth. The SPD politician was born in 1918.
The bridge was only officially named Helmut Schmidt Bridge on Wednesday and the sign was installed and unveiled that day. The city was made aware of the error on the sign on Wednesday evening. dpa
