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Willy Brandt
Socialist - Chancellor - Patriot - A Biography
In this biography, Hofmann shows us the ‘whole’ Brandt, an extraordinary man whose politics can only be understood by knowing about his life.
In this knowledgeable and nuanced biography, Gunter Hofmann traces the stages of Willy Brandt’s life, showing the path taken by this young socialist from a disadvantaged background into exile and resistance, the gradual evolution of his political convictions, and the different stages of his career from Governing Mayor to Chancellor. His fellow travellers, including Julius Leber, Helmut Schmidt, Herbert Wehner, Egon Bahr and Günter Grass, are also featured. Above all, however, Hofmann makes clear, in a very personal way, how deeply Brandt has influenced our ideas about the nation we want to live in.
‘Then he kneels, he who does not need to, for all those who do need to.’ - Der Spiegel in 1970 on Brandt’s gesture at the Warsaw Ghetto memorial.
*The most ambitious new biography for 20 years
*Willy Brandt symbolises the moral progress of the nation as it confronts its own past
*Brilliantly written
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Published 2023-02-16 by C.H.Beck , ISBN: 9783406798757 Main content page count: 528 Pages ISBN: 9783406798757 |