Horst Kasner

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Horst Kasner
Birth name	Horst Kaźmierczak
Born	(1926-08-06)6 August 1926 Pankow, Berlin, Germany
Died	2 September 2011(2011-09-02) (aged 85) Templin, Brandenburg, Germany
Buried	Templin Forest Cemetery,
Allegiance	Nazi Germany  East Germany  Germany
Service/branch	Wehrmacht
Years of service	1943–1945
Rank	Rottenführer (Hitlerjugend)
Battles/wars	World War II (POW)
Spouse(s)	Herlinde Jentzch (m. 1949)
Children	3 including; Angela
Relations	Ludwig Kasner (father) Margarethe Pörschke (mother)
Other work	Pastor

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