Ostpolitik
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Neue Ostpolitik, or Ostpolitik for short, was the normalization of relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and Eastern Europe, particularly the German Democratic Republic beginning in 1969.
Willy Brandt (left) and Willi Stoph in Erfurt 1970, the first encounter of a Federal Chancellor with his East German counterpart, an early step in the de-escalation of the Cold War
Brandt's successor Helmut Schmidt with East German party leader Erich Honecker, Döllnsee 1981
Paulus VI, from University of Urbino
Willi Stoph
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Wilhelm Stoph was a German politician. He served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic from 1964 to 1973, and again from 1976 until 1989. He also served as chairman
Ostpolitik
…Willy Brandt (left) and Willi Stoph in Erfurt 1970, the first encounter of a Federal Chancellor with his East German counterpart, an early step in the de-escalation of the Cold War Neue…
Stoph in 1976
Stoph (far right) in NVA colonel-general uniform, 1957
Stoph delivering New Year's Eve address to the East German people, 1974