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Postage stamp marking Willy Brandt's 100. birthday in 2013
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Willy Brandt

Willy Brandt was Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1969 to 1974.

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A young Republican fighter in Barcelona with a gun slung over her shoulder.

Civil War

A new exhibition explores the horrors of the Spanish Civil War and Germany's involvement in it.
April 1, 2009
A Russian armored vehicles drives out of a tunnel, in Russia's North Ossetia

Cooperating for Change

Ex-German politician Egon Bahr told DW the West should work with Moscow rather than provoke it.
August 28, 2008
Picture of Willy Brandt - former Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany

A Patriot's Life

On the anniversary of his death, a look at the life and times of political leader Willy Brandt.
October 8, 2007
Police examine the remains of a car from an RAF attack that left a banker dead

Left Wing Terrorism

Red Army Faction terrorists considered kidnapping Willy Brandt, investigators determined.
August 16, 2007

Cold War Spy Dies

Markus Wolf, a notorious East German spy master during the Cold War, died Thursday morning.
November 9, 2006

Former Conservative Leader Rainer Barzel Dies

Rainer Candidus Barzel, former head of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has died at the age of 82. He is probably best known for a high-profile defeat to Social Democratic Chancellor Willy Brandt.
August 26, 2006

Hot Property Is Turn-Off for Settled Angie

Most people would be glad to have a shorter journey to work but not Angela Merkel. The chancellor-designate is unwilling to leave her home of seven years and move into the quarters soon to be vacated by Gerhard Schröder.
October 28, 2005

Schröder Pins Hopes on Vote of Confidence

If Germany is to go to the polls this autumn, Chancellor Schröder will have to set in motion a complex constitutional mechanism for bringing the elections forward.
May 23, 2005

German Politics Captivates Theater-Goers

Michael Frayn pays tribute to late German Chancellor Willy Brandt in the play "Democracy." The award-winning drama premiered in London last year and opened Thursday in Berlin. DW-WORLD spoke with the British playwright.
May 7, 2004