Biography
Willy Brandt (German: [ˈvɪliː ˈbʁant] ; born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm; 18 December 1913 – 8 October 1992) was a German politician and statesman who was leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) from 1964 to 1987 and served as the chancellor of West Germany from 1969 to 1974. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1971 for his efforts to strengthen cooperation in western Europe through the EEC and to achieve reconciliation between West Germany and the countries of Eastern Europe. He was the first Social Democratic chancellor since 1930.Fleeing to Norway and then Sweden during the Nazi regime and working as a left-wing journalist, he took the name Willy Brandt as a pseudonym to avoid detection by Nazi agents, and then formally adopted the name in 1948. Brandt was originally considered one of the leaders of the right wing of the SPD, and earned initial fame as Governing Mayor of West Berlin. He served as the foreign minister and as the vice-chancellor in Kurt Georg Kiesinger's cabinet, and became chancellor in 1969.
As chancellor, he maintained West Germany's close alignment with the United States and focused on strengthening European integration in western Europe, while launching the new policy of Ostpolitik aimed at improving relations with Eastern Europe. Brandt was controversial on both the right wing, for his Ostpolitik, and on the left wing, for his support of American policies, including the Vietnam War, and right-wing authoritarian regimes. The Brandt Report became a recognised measure for describing the general North-South divide in world economics and politics between an affluent North and a poor South. Brandt was also known for his fierce anti-communist policies at the domestic level, culminating in the Radikalenerlass (Anti-Radical Decree) in 1972.
In 1970, while visiting a memorial to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising crushed by the Germans, Brandt unexpectedly knelt and meditated in silence, a moment remembered as the Kniefall von Warschau.
Brandt resigned as chancellor in 1974, after Günter Guillaume, one of his closest aides, was exposed as an agent of the Stasi, the East German secret service.
Filmography
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self 34
Movies 23
TV Shows 11
In the Grip of Gazprom (2023)
Adolf Kanter : l'espion qui en savait trop (2022)
Le procès (2021)
Karajan: Portrait of a Maestro (2019)
Trading Germans (2014)
Willy Brandt - Erinnerungen an ein Politikerleben (2013)
A Wall in Berlin (2009)
Who is afraid of Wilhelm Reich? (2009)
Henry Kissinger: Secrets of a Superpower (2008)
Terra X-History (2000)
Willy Brandt - Der Visionär (1999)
When the Wall Came Tumbling Down: 50 Hours That Changed the World (1999)
Close to You: Remembering the Carpenters (1998)
New Hyperion or Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood (1992)
Riverboat (1992)
Boulevard Bio (1991)
Islands (1987)
Wortwechsel (1982)
Die ausgezeichneten Deutschen (1973)
Je später der Abend (1973)
Der Polizeistaatsbesuch (1967)
Die Wahl - Bundestagswahl 1965, Wahlkreis Neu-Ulm (1966)
Triumph Over Violence (1965)
Wahlkampf (1965)
Journalisten fragen - Politiker antworten (1965)
Bürger Grass (1965)
Party Congress 1964 (1964)
Das aktuelle Sportstudio (1963)
Zur Person (1963)
Verräter (1962)
Panorama (1961)
Die Fernseh-Diskussion (1960)
Interview mit Berlin (1959)
Tagesschau (1952)
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GenderMale
Birthday1913-12-18
Deathday1992-10-08 (78 years old)
Birth NameHerbert Ernst Karl Frahm
Birth PlaceSankt Lorenz, Germany
ReligionProtestant Church in Germany
Height
RelationshipsAnna Carlotta Thorkildsen (1941-01-01 - 1948-01-01), Rut Brandt (1948-01-01 - 1980-01-01), Brigitte Seebacher (1983-01-01 - 1992-10-08)
ChildrenMatthias Brandt, Peter Brandt, Lars Brandt, Ninja Frahm
MotherMartha Frahm
CitizenshipsGerman Empire, West Germany, Norway
Awardshonorary doctorate of the University of Granada, Doctor honoris causa of the University of Strasbourg, Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford, Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon, Grand Cross of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria, Grand Cross of the Order of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria, Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown, honorary citizen of Berlin, honorary doctor of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, honorary doctor of the Yale University, honorary citizen of Lübeck, Honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav, Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class, Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, anniversary medal at the occasion of the 2500th anniversary of the founding of the Iranian Empire, Tie Man of the Year, Albert Einstein Peace Prize, Freedom Award, Order pro Merito Melitensi, Grand Cross of the Order of Vasa, Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog, Grand cross of the Order of the White Lion, Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau, B'nai B'rith, Time Person of the Year, Nobel Peace Prize, Order of the Dannebrog
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