Overview
- A visitor noticed the new markings around 16:00 on Sunday at Ohlsdorf Cemetery, and a reporter on site notified police.
- Responding officers covered the graffiti as the case was classified for investigation by Hamburg’s Staatsschutz unit.
- The defacement consisted of four orange swastikas painted directly on the grave plate.
- Police highlighted a similar attack in December 2023 involving the same plate, the same symbols, and the same color.
- No suspects or arrests have been reported, and authorities have not disclosed leads in the case; Helmut Schmidt served as chancellor from 1974 to 1982 and died in 2015, while Loki Schmidt died in 2010.