Horst Kasner

Horst Kasner
Birth nameHorst Kaźmierczak
Born(1926-08-06)6 August 1926
Pankow, Berlin, Germany
Died2 September 2011(2011-09-02) (aged 85)
Templin, Brandenburg, Germany
Buried
Templin Forest Cemetery,
Allegiance Nazi Germany

 East Germany

 Germany
Service / branchWehrmacht
Years of service1943–1945
Rank Rottenführer (Hitlerjugend)
Battles / warsWorld War II (POW)
Spouse(s)Herlinde Jentzch (m. 1949)
Children3 including; Angela
RelationsLudwig Kasner (father)
Margarethe Pörschke (mother)
Other workPastor

Horst Kasner (born Horst Kaźmierczak; 6 August 1926 – 2 September 2011) was a German Protestant theologian and father of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel.