Kissinger died at his home in Connecticut on Wednesday. The consulting company Kissinger Associates, which Kissinger founded and led since 1982, made the announcement in a statement on Thursday night Norwegian time. Kissinger remained active after turning 100 in May this year, attending White House meetings, publishing a book on leadership style and testifying before a Senate committee on North Korea’s nuclear threat. In July, he went on a surprise visit to Beijing where he met Chinese President Xi Jinping. When Henry Kissinger visited Oslo at the invitation of the Nobel Institute and the University of Oslo, he was met by protesters Photo: Terje Bendiksby / NTB Hailed and hated Kissinger was hailed as a real politician by some and called a war criminal by others. At the age of 15, Kissinger fled with his parents and younger brother from the persecution of Jews in Germany, first to London, later to New York. During the Second World War, he was associated with American intelligence and sent to Germany, where, among other things, he led the hunt for Gestapo officers in Hanover. After the war, there were studies, which ended with one of the longest doctoral theses in political science ever delivered at Harvard University. Kissinger created early debate, among other things when in 1957 he advocated the use of tactical nuclear weapons to win wars. He also drew criticism by arguing that morality and public opinion are irrelevant in foreign policy, all the while leaders agree among themselves. A protester, dressed as a wounded Vietnam veteran, accompanied Henry Kissinger when he arrived in Oslo on 20 May 1976. Kissinger visited Oslo in connection with the NATO foreign ministers’ meeting Photo: NTB
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