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- Birth nameBeate Auguste Künzel
- Beate Klarsfeld was born on February 13, 1939 in Berlin, Germany. She has been married to Serge Klarsfeld since 1963. They have two children.
- SpouseSerge Klarsfeld(1963 - present) (2 children)
- Kurt Georg Kiesinger, who was elected as chancellor of West Germany in 1967, had been a high-ranking Nazi. Beate and her husband decided Kiesinger would not be re-elected. Beate climbed onto the podium of Berlin's Congress Hall, slapped Kiesinger on the face, and shouted "Nazi! Nazi!" She was arrested and almost shot by security forces. She used the publicity to expose his Nazi past. Kiesinger lost the 1969 election.
- It is my moral and historic responsibility to bring Nazi criminals to trial and to support the Jewish people and state. And to stop anti-Semitism ... I am building a bridge between the German and Jewish people.
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