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Willy Brandt () &#; German statesman and politician.

Willy Brandt was a German left-wing politician who fled Nazi persecution in After the Second World War, he became an influential Mayor of West Berlin, during a critical period of the Cold War.

After becoming Chancellor of West Germany in , he pursued a policy of Ostpolitik &#; seeking rapprochement with the East and forging for Germany closer ties with the rest of Europe. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in and lived to see Germany reunited in

Early Life Willy Brandt

Willy Brandt was born Herbert Ernst Carl Frahm in Lubeck, 18 December He never met his father, but was brought up by his Mother and other relatives.

During the time of the Great Depression, Brandt became radicalised by politics. In particular, his grandfather &#; a passionate member of the SDP encouraged Brandt’s left-wing political convictions. Brandt joined the Social Democratic Party in , but a year later left the SPD to join the more left-wing (but Non-Com