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- Erhard, Ludwig
- Erler, Fritz
- Falin, Valentin
- Falk, Erling
- Focke, Katharina
- Ford, Gerald
- Frahm, Ludwig
- Frahm, Martha
- Frahm, Ninja
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- Frölich, Paul
- Gaasland, Gunnar
- Gandhi, Indira
- Gauguin, Paul René
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- Genscher, Hans-Dietrich
- Gerhardsen, Einar
- Glotz, Peter
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- Graham, Katharine
- Grass, Günter
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- Schmid, Carlo
- Schmidt, Helmut
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- Schumacher, Kurt
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- Strauß, Franz Josef
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- Szende, Stefan
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- Heinemann, Gustav
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- Walcher, Jacob
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- Walter, Gerd
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- Adenauer, Konrad
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- Boutros Ghali, Boutros
- Brandt, Lars
- Brandt, Matthias
- Brandt, Peter
- Brandt, Rut
- Brauer, Max
- Brezhnev, Leonid I.
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- Politics
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- Willy Brandt talks about his grandfather and his mother
- Willy Brandt comments on his break with the SPD in 1931
- Willy Brandt remembers Julius Leber
- Willy Brandt answers why he left Germany in 1933
- Willy Brandt recalls his “illegal” stay in Berlin in 1936
- Willy Brandt on his impressions of the Spanish Civil War in 1937
- Willy Brandt on the deprivation of his German citizenship in 1938
- Willy Brandt recalls his capture as prisoner of war in Norway in 1940
- Willy Brandt on the question what he and others in exile knew about the holocaust
- Rally in Stockholm, 1 May 1944
- Willy Brandt tells about his return to Germany in 1945/46
- Willy Brandt remembers the rivalry between Adenauer and Schumacher in 1949
- Willy Brandt elected Governing Mayor of Berlin, 3 October 1957
- Willy Brandt comments on his role during the Cold War in Berlin
- „Open the Gate!“ – Berlin in December 1958
- Willy Brandt on world tour, February 1959
- „Berlin remains free“ – Rally on 1 May 1959
- 10th anniversary of the Freedom Bell in Berlin, 24 October 1960
- Willy Brandt elected Chancellor candidate of the SPD, 25 November 1960
- Willy Brandt talks about his relations with Konrad Adenauer
- The construction of the Berlin Wall, August 1961
- Willy Brandt on the lessons of the 13th August 1961
- John F. Kennedy in Berlin, 26 June 1963
- Willy Brandt explains Egon Bahr’s formula “Wandel durch Annäherung” of 1963
- A film portrait of Willy Brandt, February 1964
- Visit of Queen Elisabeth II in Berlin, 27. May 1965
- SPD party convention in Dortmund, June 1966
- The SPD and the extra-parliamentary opposition (APO), March 1968
- Adoption of the state of emergency legislation in the Bundestag, 30 May 1968
- Bundestag election on 28 September 1969
- “Chancellor of reforms” – Willy Brandt’s policy statement of 28 October 1969
- Bundestag debate in Bonn on the state of the nation, 14 January 1970
- Chancellor Willy Brandt in Erfurt (East Germany), 19 March 1970
- Willy Brandt’s speech in Oslo, 24 April 1970
- Second meeting of Willy Brandt and Willi Stoph in Kassel, 21 May 1970
- Summer party at the Federal Chancellery in Bonn, 27 June 1970
- Signing of the Moscow Treaty in the Kremlin, 12 August 1970
- Willy Brandt assesses the recognition of the Oder-Neisse border in 1970
- Border Treaty and genuflection: Chancellor Willy Brandt in Warsaw, 7 December 1970
- Extraordinary SPD party convention in Bonn, November 1971
- The Awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Willy Brandt, 10 December 1971
- Debate on the Eastern Treaties in the Bundestag, February 1972
- Constructive vote of no confidence against Chancellor Brandt, 27 April 1972
- Ratification of the Eastern Treaties in the Bundestag, May 1972
- Willy Brandt at a meeting of Nobel Prize laureates at Lake Constance, 26 June 1972
- Early dissolution of the Bundestag in Bonn, 22 September 1972
- SPD party convention in Dortmund, October 1972
- Bundestag election on 19 November 1972
- Chancellor Brandt in the USA and Brezhnev’s visit in Bonn, May 1973
- State visit of Chancellor Willy Brandt in Israel, June 1973
- Speech of Chancellor Brandt before the United Nations in New York, 26 September 1973
- Willy Brandt asked about the criticism of Herbert Wehner in Moscow in 1973
- Energy crisis and Sunday-driving bans, December 1973
- Willy Brandt recalls the strike in the public service sector in 1974
- Resignation of Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt, 6/7 May 1974
- Willy Brandt looks back on his resignation as Federal Chancellor in 1974
- Willy Brandt on Herbert Wehner’s role in the Guillaume affair in 1974
- Change in the Chancellery and election of a new Federal President, May 1974
- Willy Brandt on re-armament during the years of détente
- Willy Brandt on NATO’s dual-track decision and disarmament
- Willy Brandt on his greatest success
- Willy Brandt speaks at the Marienkirche in Rostock (East Germany), 6 December 1989
- Willy Brandt at a rally in Gotha (East Germany), 27 January 1990
- Willy Brandt at the party convention of the East German SPD in Leipzig, 24 February 1990
- Willy Brandt in East Berlin on the results of the GDR Volkskammerwahl, 18 March 1990
- Willy Brandt speaking on development policy at the Charles University in Prague, 15 May 1990
- SPD’s unification convention at the ICC in Berlin, 27 September 1990
- Speech of Willy Brandt before the Bundestag in Berlin, 4 October 1990
- Willy Brandt in Baghdad (Iraq), 9 November 1990
- State Funeral for Willy Brandt in the Berlin Reichstag Building, 17 October 1992
- Audios
- Willy Brandt gives an account of his life in exile and his travels during the 1930s
- Willy Brandt on the reasons why a German People’s Front failed in 1938
- Willy Brandt recalls his thoughts on the fight against fascism in 1940/41
- Willy Brandt praises the resistance movement in Norway 1940–1945
- Willy Brandt talks about the neutral status of Sweden 1940–1945
- Willy Brandt on his goals for peace during World War II
- Willy Brandt’s recollections of the Nuremberg Trials 1945/46
- Speech of Willy Brandt at the regional party convention of the Berlin SPD, 8 May 1948
- Statement of Willy Brandt at a press conference in Berlin, November 1948
- Speech of Willy Brandt in the German Bundestag in Bonn, 3 December 1952
- Willy Brandt’s appeal of to young Berliners, 16 April 1959
- Statement of Willy Brandt in the West Berlin House of Representatives on the closing of the border, 13 August 1961
- Speech of Willy Brandt in front of Schöneberg Town Hall against the construction of the Berlin Wall, 16 August 1961
- Speech of Willy Brandt in front of Schöneberg Town Hall on the occasion of John F. Kennedy’s Berlin visit, 26 June 1963
- Willy Brandt comments the first accord on travel passes in Berlin, 5 January 1964
- Willy Brandt on de Gaulle’s policy towards Eastern Europe in the 1960s
- Willy Brandt looks back on the Grand Coalition in Bonn 1966–1969
- Policy statement of Willy Brandt before the German Bundestag in Bonn, 28 October 1969 (I)
- Policy statement of Willy Brandt before the German Bundestag in Bonn, 28 October 1969 (II)
- Willy Brandt remembers the Western reactions to his Ostpolitik
- Willy Brandt’s TV and radio address from Warsaw, 7 December 1970
- Willy Brandt on his genuflection in Warsaw
- Speech of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Willy Brandt in Oslo, 11 December 1971
- Speech of Willy Brandt against the CDU/CSU’s constructive motion of no confidence, 27 April 1972
- Address of Willy Brandt before the European Parliament in Strasbourg, 13 November 1973
- Willy Brandt assesses his European policy
- Statement of Willy Brandt on his resignation as Federal Chancellor, 8 May 1974
- Willy Brandt’s farewell address as party chairman, 14 June 1987
- Willy Brandt comments on his withdrawal from the SPD chairmanship
- Remarks of Willy Brandt about the chances for a German nation state in Europe
- Interview with Willy Brandt in front of Schöneberg Town Hall in Berlin, 10 November 1989
- Speech of Willy Brandt on the fall of the Berlin Wall, 10 November 1989
- Speech of Willy Brandt before the Bundestag concerning the historical review of the East German communist regime, 12 March 1992
- Significant Speeches
- Speech to Berlin’s SPD on the putsch in Czechoslovakia, 12 March 1948
- Speech to the Steuben-Schurz Society in Berlin, 17 January 1958
- Speech at the Theodor Herzl Institute in New York, 19 March 1961
- Speech in front of Schöneberg Town Hall against construction of the Wall in Berlin, 16 August 1961
- Speech at the Tutzing Academy, 15 July 1963
- Speech after John F. Kennedy’s murder, 23 November 1963
- Speech at the Foreign Policy Association in New York, 15 May 1964
- Speech at the “New School of Social Research” in New York, 19 April 1965
- Speech at the Conference of non-nuclear nations in Geneva, 3 September 1968
- Government policy declaration to the German Bundestag in Bonn, 28 October 1969
- Televised address from Moscow on the German-Soviet treaty, 12 August 1970
- Televised address from Warsaw on the German-Polish Treaty, 7 December 1970
- Speech at the opening of the “Week of Brotherhood” in Cologne, 21 March 1971
- Speech on “A Politics for People” at the Tutzing Academy, 13 July 1971
- Speech on the occasion of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, 11 December 1971
- Statement about the Treaty on the Basis of Relations with the GDR, 7 November 1972
- Statement on the outcome of the Bundestag elections, 19 November 1972
- Speech in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, 13 November 1973
- Speech to the congress of the Socialist International in Geneva, 26 November 1976
- Speech to the United Nations Association in New York, 26 October 1978
- Farewell address as SPD chairman at the extra-ordinary party convention in Bonn, 14 June 1987
- Speech in front of Schöneberg Town Hall on the fall of the Berlin Wall, 10 November 1989
- Greeting for the Congress of the Socialist International in Berlin, 15 September 1992
- Documents and Objects
- “Nach der Travequelle”, in “Der Lübecker Kinderfreund”, 22 February 1927
- Application form for the “Großheimische Realschule”, 1927
- University entrance diploma, 26 February 1932
- “Resolution zur Lage”, 12 March 1933
- Conference of the SAPD in Paris, March 1934
- Certificate of enrolment at King Frederik’s University, 1 September 1934
- “Von der illegalen Kampffront”, in “Marxistische Tribüne”, March 1937
- Postcard from Willy Brandt to Jacob Walcher, 20 April 1937
- “Tyskland efter 5 års nazistyre”, in “Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad”, 29 January 1938
- Gestapo File Card on Herbert Frahm (Willy Brandt), 16 February 1938
- “Tatsachen betr. den Konflikt in der Osloer Gruppe”, 20 July 1938
- Announcement of Willy Brandt’s expatriation, 5 September 1938
- Newsletter, No. 9, 22 January 1940
- Norwegian Passport, 1940
- Willy Brandt’s Swedish press card, 1940
- “Ny Dag får svar på tal” in ”Trots allt”, No. 34, 20-26 August 1943
- Declaration of former SAPD members joining the SPD, October 1944
- Letter from Willy Brandt to Halvard Lange, 7 November 1947
- Willy Brandt’s Certificate of German citizenship, 1 July 1948
- “Von draussen gesehen”, in “BS”, 17 August 1950
- ”Warnung vor Europa-Illusionen”, in “BS”, 14 November 1950
- Letter from Willy Brandt to Herbert Wehner, 2 January 1951
- “Neutralität? – Aktivität“, in “BS”, 21 February 1951
- “Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands?”, SPD leaflet, 1951
- Willy Brandt, “Probleme des Titoismus”, 1951
- “Haben wir genug getan?”, SPD booklet, 1951
- “Eisenhower muss nach Berlin!” in “Neue Ruhr-Zeitung”, 8 November 1957
- Advance publication of the book “Mein Weg nach Berlin”, in “Berliner Morgenpost”, 27 February 1960
- Letter from Willy Brandt to John F. Kennedy, 15 August 1961
- Letter from John F. Kennedy to Willy Brandt, 18 August 1961
- Memo of Willy Brandt on his conversation with Konrad Adenauer in Bonn, 5 December 1961
- Letter from Willy Brandt to Gerhard Schröder (CDU), 14 April 1962
- Letter from Kurt Georg Kiesinger to Willy Brandt, 22 August 1967
- Nobel Peace Prize, 1971
- Letter from Willy Brandt to Heinrich Böll, 29 January 1972
- Letter from Willy Brandt to Leonid I. Brezhnev, 7 January 1976
- Letter from Robert McNamara to Willy Brandt, 27 December 1976
- “Chairman’s Report” for the North-South Commission, 18 August 1978
- Letter from Willy Brandt to Kurt Waldheim, 15 May 1979
- Press statement of the North-South Commission on its meeting in Ottawa (Canada), 15 December 1982
- Manuscript for the book “Erinnerungen”, 1989
- Letter from Willy Brandt to Ibrahim Böhme, 9 November 1989
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