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Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

German decoration

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Memorial Pages

38 memorial pages

Memorial page of Klaus Hänsch
KH
Portrait of Klaus Hänsch (1938–2026) – memorial page

Memorial

Klaus Hänsch

12/15/1938 – 08/04/2026

87 years

German politician (born 1938)

Erkrath
120
Memorial page of Hans Maier
HM
Portrait of Hans Maier (1931–2026) – memorial page

Memorial

Hans Maier

06/18/1931 – 06/08/2026

94 years

German political scientist, opinion journalist and politician

München
418
JK
Portrait of Józef Kowalczyk (1938–2025) – memorial page

Memorial

Józef Kowalczyk

08/28/1938 – 08/20/2025

86 years

Archbishop of Gniezno, primate of Poland

Tarnów
2
Family Tree
WW
Portrait of Wolfgang Wagner (1953–2024) – memorial page

Memorial

Wolfgang Wagner

07/23/1953 – 07/17/2024

70 years

German stage director

Auerbach in der Oberpfalz
231
KT
Portrait of Klaus Töpfer (1938–2024) – memorial page

Memorial

Klaus Töpfer

07/29/1938 – 06/08/2024

85 years

German politician

München
1
BB
Portrait of Brigitte Bierlein (1949–2024) – memorial page

Memorial

Brigitte Bierlein

06/25/1949 – 06/03/2024

74 years

Austrian jurist and politician, former federal chancellor of Austria and president of the Austrian constitutional court

Vienna
2
HK
Portrait of Herbert Kroemer (1928–2024) – memorial page

Memorial

Herbert Kroemer

08/25/1928 – 03/08/2024

95 years

German-American physics

Weimar
1
LS
Portrait of László Sólyom (1942–2023) – memorial page

Memorial

László Sólyom

01/03/1942 – 10/08/2023

81 years

politician and former President of Hungary

Budapest
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BS
Portrait of Brent Scowcroft (1925–2020) – memorial page

Memorial

Brent Scowcroft

03/19/1925 – 08/06/2020

95 years

9th & 17th United States National Security Advisor

Falls Church
1
ZG
Portrait of Zenon Grocholewski (1939–2020) – memorial page

Memorial

Zenon Grocholewski

10/11/1939 – 07/17/2020

80 years

Catholic cardinal

Rome
1
RL
Portrait of Richard Lugar (1932–2019) – memorial page

Memorial

Richard Lugar

04/04/1932 – 04/28/2019

87 years

American politician

Fairfax
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JT
Portrait of Jean-Louis Tauran (1943–2018) – memorial page

Memorial

Jean-Louis Tauran

04/03/1943 – 07/05/2018

75 years

cardinal from France

Hartford
1
MO
Portrait of Miguel Obando y Bravo (1926–2018) – memorial page

Memorial

Miguel Obando y Bravo

02/02/1926 – 06/03/2018

92 years

Catholic cardinal

Managua
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KL
Portrait of Karl Lehmann (1936–2018) – memorial page

Memorial

Karl Lehmann

05/16/1936 – 03/11/2018

81 years

German theologian, Bishop of Mainz, catholic Cardinal

Mainz
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JM
Portrait of Joachim Meisner (1933–2017) – memorial page

Memorial

Joachim Meisner

12/25/1933 – 07/05/2017

83 years

German cardinal and archbishop of Cologne, Catholic cardinal

Bad Füssing
1
Family Tree
ZB
Portrait of Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928–2017) – memorial page

Memorial

Zbigniew Brzezinski

03/28/1928 – 05/26/2017

89 years

Polish-American diplomat and political scientist

Falls Church
21
Family Tree
FS
Portrait of Fritz Stern (1926–2016) – memorial page

Memorial

Fritz Stern

02/02/1926 – 05/18/2016

90 years

American historian

New York City
13
HG
Portrait of Hans-Dietrich Genscher (1927–2016) – memorial page

Memorial

Hans-Dietrich Genscher

03/21/1927 – 03/31/2016

89 years

German politician and member of the Free Democratic Party

Pech
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Family Tree
LS
Portrait of Lothar Späth (1937–2016) – memorial page

Memorial

Lothar Späth

11/16/1937 – 03/18/2016

78 years

German politician of the CDU

Stuttgart
11
AF

Memorial

Artur Fischer

12/31/1919 – 01/27/2016

96 years

German inventor

Waldachtal
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KM
Portrait of Kurt Masur (1927–2015) – memorial page

Memorial

Kurt Masur

07/18/1927 – 12/19/2015

88 years

German conductor

Greenwich
1
EB
Portrait of Egon Bahr (1922–2015) – memorial page

Memorial

Egon Bahr

03/18/1922 – 08/19/2015

93 years

German politician (SPD)

Berlin
1
JO
Portrait of Józef Oleksy (1946–2015) – memorial page

Memorial

Józef Oleksy

06/22/1946 – 01/09/2015

68 years

Polish politician, Prime Minister of Poland

Warsaw
1
Family Tree
MR
Portrait of Manfred Rommel (1928–2013) – memorial page

Memorial

Manfred Rommel

12/24/1928 – 11/07/2013

84 years

German politician

Stuttgart
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