In 1980 he returned to the SPD. He died in Hamburg. As Finance Minister Schiller travelled to the Soviet Union in 1970 and met with Alexei Kosygin, the Premier of the Soviet Union, to discuss a trade agreement between their two respective countries. Honours In 1991, Schiller was honoured with the Bundesverdienstkreuz (Grand Cross with Star and Sash). Karl-Schiller Berufskolleg is a vocational college in Dortmund named after Schiller. The school was renamed for Schiller in 1999. References Take, Gunnar: Forschen für den Wirtschaftskrieg. Das Kieler Institut für Weltwirtschaft im Nationalsozialismus, Berlin: de Gruyter, 2019. . External links Obituary in the New York Times: Biography in German: Dissertation about Karl Schiller from 2006 (in German): and 1911 births 1994 deaths 20th-century German economists Economy ministers of Germany Finance ministers of Germany German Protestants Senators of Hamburg Senators of Berlin 20th-century German politicians Grand Crosses with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Heidelberg University alumni Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Keynesians Members of the Bundestag for Berlin People from the Province of Silesia Politicians from Wrocław Sturmabteilung personnel Studienstiftung alumni Academic staff of the University of Hamburg University of Kiel alumni Members of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany