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Official question #211Einbürgerungstest

Welcher Politiker steht für die "Ostverträge"?

Which politician stands for the 'Eastern Treaties' (Ostverträge)?

Correct answer

Willy Brandt

Willy Brandt

Why

Chancellor Willy Brandt's 'new Ostpolitik' led to the Eastern Treaties of the early 1970s with the Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia and the GDR, easing Cold War tensions. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1971.

Answer choices

  • AHelmut KohlHelmut Kohl
  • BWilly BrandtWilly Brandt
  • CMichail GorbatschowMikhail Gorbachev
  • DLudwig ErhardLudwig Erhard