WEBVTT 00:00:08.120 --> 00:00:11.380 Poles played the German anthem
for the Germans. 00:00:11.800 --> 00:00:13.680 Prime Minister Cyrankiewicz, who, 00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:16.840 like millions of Poles, had suffered
in a German concentration camp, 00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:21.200 silently passes by the honorary troops
beside the Federal Chancellor. 00:00:28.800 --> 00:00:31.640 There was a tense seriousness
during the signing ceremony 00:00:31.800 --> 00:00:34.240 at the Polish Council of Ministers building. 00:00:34.400 --> 00:00:37.800 Willy Brandt and Josef Cyrankiewicz
signed a treaty, 00:00:38.120 --> 00:00:41.040 which hopes to build a bridge
between the two nations 00:00:41.140 --> 00:00:42.700 and initialize reconciliation. 00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:44.480 Centerpiece of the treaty: 00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:48.960 West Germany recognizes the
Oder-Neisse line as Poland's western border. 00:00:49.120 --> 00:00:51.840 25 years later, the Federal Republic 00:00:52.000 --> 00:00:55.520 accepts the consequences of
Germany's defeat in World War II. 00:01:07.160 --> 00:01:09.320 After exchanging documents, 00:01:09.480 --> 00:01:12.160 a handshake with
Poland's party leader Gomulka. 00:01:12.640 --> 00:01:16.240 The Polish and Germans also thank
former State Secretary Duckwitz, 00:01:16.400 --> 00:01:19.720 who prepared the treaty
in the preceding months. 00:01:20.440 --> 00:01:23.040 The agreed emigration
of Poles of German origins 00:01:23.140 --> 00:01:26.060 and the announced start
of diplomatic relations: 00:01:26.220 --> 00:01:29.020 These successes will,
however, not prevent 00:01:29.120 --> 00:01:31.280 the test of strength
in the German Bundestag, 00:01:31.380 --> 00:01:34.920 which Brandt also discussed
with his Polish hosts. 00:01:39.220 --> 00:01:41.720 The Warsaw Ghetto Monument
in the center of the city 00:01:41.880 --> 00:01:44.680 commemorating the uprising of 1943
and the Jews murdered. 00:01:44.840 --> 00:01:48.440 Confronted with one of the darkest
chapters in Germany history, 00:01:48.600 --> 00:01:51.920 the Chancellor reacted
with a spontaneous gesture. 00:01:56.280 --> 00:01:59.800 Copyright © 2012 TITELBILD, Berlin Subtitles: L. Corper et al.