Remembrance and responsibility · Question 54 of 69
What did Willy Brandt want to express with his kneeling in 1970 in the former Jewish ghetto in Warsaw?
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Answer
- B He asked Poland and the Polish Jews for forgiveness.
Explanation
Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt knelt on 7 December 1970 before the memorial to the heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto. The gesture was understood worldwide as a plea for forgiveness for the German crimes against Poland and against the Jews. On the same day he signed the Treaty of Warsaw with Poland.