Former German chancellor Helmut Kohl awarded €1m damages over biography

Judge says unauthorised biography ‘deeply violates’ retired politician’s personal rights and sullies his reputation

Helmut Kohl has been awarded a €1m (£842m) in damages over an unauthorised biography that a judge said had “deeply violated” the former German chancellor’s personal rights.

Judges in the western city of Cologne ordered the book’s two authors and their publisher to pay the damagesto Kohl, 87, for breaching his trust and sullying his reputation.

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