Einbürgerungstest
English

Welcher Politiker steht für die "Ostverträge"?

Question 211 · History and responsibility

Correct answer: B. Willy Brandt

In German, as in the test

  1. Helmut Kohl
  2. Willy Brandt (richtige Antwort)
  3. Michail Gorbatschow
  4. Ludwig Erhard

English translation

Which politician is associated with the "Eastern Treaties" (Ostverträge)?

  1. Helmut Kohl
  2. Willy Brandt (Correct answer)
  3. Mikhail Gorbachev
  4. Ludwig Erhard

Why this is correct

Chancellor Willy Brandt concluded treaties with the Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia and the GDR in the early 1970s as part of his policy of détente (Ostpolitik). He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1971.