Einbürgerungstest
English

Was wollte Willy Brandt mit seinem Kniefall 1970 im ehemaligen jüdischen Ghetto in Warschau ausdrücken?

Question 181 · History and responsibility

Correct answer: B. He asked Poland and the Polish Jews for forgiveness.

In German, as in the test

Image: Bundesregierung/Engelbert Reineke
  1. Er hat sich den ehemaligen Alliierten unterworfen.
  2. Er bat Polen und die polnischen Juden um Vergebung. (richtige Antwort)
  3. Er zeigte seine Demut vor dem Warschauer Pakt.
  4. Er sprach ein Gebet am Grab des Unbekannten Soldaten.

English translation

What did Willy Brandt want to express when he knelt in 1970 in the former Jewish ghetto in Warsaw?

  1. He submitted to the former Allies.
  2. He asked Poland and the Polish Jews for forgiveness. (Correct answer)
  3. He showed his humility before the Warsaw Pact.
  4. He said a prayer at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

Why this is correct

Chancellor Willy Brandt knelt at the memorial to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The gesture (Kniefall) asked for forgiveness for German crimes and became a symbol of reconciliation.

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