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Surnames E–G
Ehmke, Horst Eisenhower, Dwight D. Elster, Torolf Enderle, August Enderle, Irmgard Engholm, Björn Eppler, Erhard Erhard, Ludwig Erler, Fritz Falin, Valentin Falk, Erling Focke, Katharina Ford, Gerald Frahm, Ludwig Frahm, Martha Frahm, Ninja Frei Montalva, Eduardo Frölich, Paul Gaasland, Gunnar Gandhi, Indira Gauguin, Paul René Gaulle, Charles de Genscher, Hans-Dietrich Gerhardsen, Einar Glotz, Peter González Marquez, Felipe Gorbachev, Mikhail S. Grabert, Horst Graham, Katharine Grass, Günter Gromyko, Andrej Guillaume, Günter
Surnames R–S
Rabin, Yitzhak Ramphal, Shridath S. Rau, Johannes Reagan, Ronald Reich, Wilhelm Reuschenbach, Peter Reuter, Ernst Rosen, Klaus-Henning Rusk, Dean Sadat, Mohammed Anwar el Scharping, Rudolf Scheel, Walter Scheflo, Inge Scheflo, Olav Schiller, Karl Schilling, Wolf-Dietrich Schmid, Carlo Schmidt, Helmut Schröder, Gerhard Schumacher, Kurt Schütz, Klaus Seebacher, Brigitte Sievers, Susanne Soares, Mário Sorsa, Kalevi Spangenberg, Dietrich Springer, Axel Steltzer, Theodor Stoph, Willi Strauß, Franz Josef Strobel, Käte Suhr, Otto Szende, Stefan
Surnames H–K
Hájek, Jiří Harpprecht, Klaus Havel, Václav Heath, Edward Heinemann, Gustav Heinig, Kurt Heuss, Theodor Hirschfeld, Hans Honecker, Erich Ihlefeld, Heli Jansson, Olov Jaruzelski, Wojciech Johnson, Eyvind Johnson, Lyndon B. Jørgensen, Anker Jospin, Lionel Kádár, János Kaisen, Wilhelm Karniol, Maurycy Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Robert Khrushchev, Nikita S. Kiesinger, Kurt Georg Kim, Dae Jung Kissinger, Henry A. Klein, Günter Kohl, Helmut Koschnick, Hans Kreisky, Bruno Kühn, Heinz Kuhlmann, Emil Kuhlmann, Günter
Surnames L–P
Lafontaine, Oskar Lange, Halvard Leber, Annedore Leber, Georg Leber, Julius Lindenberg, Klaus Lintz, Rita Lionæs, Aase Löwenthal, Richard Mandela, Nelson Manley, Michael Matthöfer, Hans Mattick, Kurt McNamara, Robert Meir, Golda Meyer, Gertrud Mirow, Thomas Mitterrand, François Moe, Finn Möller, Alex Möller, John Monsen, Per Myrdal, Alva Myrdal, Gunnar Nau, Alfred Neubauer, Kurt Neumann, Franz Nixon, Richard M. Nyerere, Julius Kambarage Ollenhauer, Erich Palme, Olof Peña Gomez, José Francisco Peres, Shimon Pérez, Carlos Andrés Pérez de Cuéllar, Javier Pompidou, Georges
Surnames T–Z
Tarnow, Fritz Thierse, Wolfgang Thorkildsen, Carlota Tito, Josip Broz Torp, Oscar Tranmæl, Martin Trott zu Solz, Adam Ulbricht, Walter Väänänen, Pentti Vetter, Heinz-Oskar Vogel, Hans-Jochen Voigt, Karsten D. Walcher, Jacob Wałęsa, Lech Walter, Gerd Wehner, Herbert Weizsäcker, Richard von Wernicke, Thea Wieczorek-Zeul, Heidemarie Wilke, Reinhard Wilson, Harold Wischnewski, Hans-Jürgen
Surnames A–D
Adenauer, Konrad Albertz, Heinrich Arafat, Yasser Bahr, Egon Barzel, Rainer Böhme, Ibrahim Böll, Heinrich Börner, Holger Boumedienne, Houari Boutros Ghali, Boutros Brandt, Lars Brandt, Matthias Brandt, Peter Brandt, Rut Brauer, Max Brezhnev, Leonid I. Brundtland, Gro Harlem Bush, George Carlsson, Bernt Carlsson, Ingvar Carstens, Karl Carter, James Earl (Jimmy) Castro Ruz, Fidel Ceaușescu, Nicolae Couve de Murville, Maurice Craxi, Bettino Dohnanyi, Klaus von
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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 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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