Hlne Miard-Delacroix is Professor in the History and Civilisation of Contemporary Germany at the Universit Paris Sorbonne (Paris IV).
Like his contemporary, John F. Kennedy, Willy Brandt remained for a long time the archetype of political modernity, the opposite of yesterdays Europe.
Le Monde
Hlne Miard-Delacroix succeeds in capturing the eventful life, through the tragedies of Germany in the 20th century, of Herbert Frahm, born with no known father, but who eventually become known under his resistance pseudonym, Willy Brandt.
Libration
This is a must-have book for anyone who wants an insight into a century of Germanys history.
Vingtime sicle
Offering a lively biography of the old chancellor, Miard-Delacroix recounts both the history of a country and the life story of a man. Although Brandts life has been dominated by his political career, the author delves into his personal life restoring the humanity of this historical figure.
Yann-Sven Rittelmeyer, Politique trangre (website)
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Illustrations
Two-year-old Herbert Frahm with his mother Martha Frahm in Lbeck, 1915 ( Willy-Brandt-Archiv im Archiv der sozialen Demokratie, Bonn)
Willy Brandt, presumably Paris, 1937 ( fredstein.com)
Willy Brandt as Norwegian press correspondent on the press gallery at the International Military Tribunal (bottom section, third row from the front, fourth from the right), Nuremberg, 1946 ( Jewgeni Chaldej/Sammlung Ernst Volland und Heinz Krimmer)
Governing Mayor of West Berlin Willy Brandt in front of Rathaus Schneberg, Berlin, 1957 ( Archiv der sozialen Demokratie der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Bonn)
President John F. Kennedy and Willy Brandt, Governing Mayor of West Berlin, in front of Rathaus Schneberg, 26 June 1963 ( Polizeihistorische Sammlung beim Polizeiprsidenten Berlin)
Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs Willy Brandt and Queen Elizabeth II at a meeting of the Council of Europe, Banqueting House, London, 5 May 1969 ( Bundesregierung/Ludwig Wegmann)
Appointment of the cabinet members of Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt by Federal President Gustav Heinemann at Villa Hammerschmidt, Bonn, 22 October 1969 ( first row, from left : Gerhard Jahn, Kte Strobel, Gustav Heinemann, Willy Brandt, Walter Scheel, Karl Schiller, Georg Leber; second row, from left : Helmut Schmidt, Alex Mller, Erhard Eppler, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Walter Arendt; third row, from left : Egon Franke, Lauritz Lauritzen, Hans Leussink, Horst Ehmke, Josef Ertl) ( Bundesregierung/Ludwig Wegmann)
Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt on his knees in front of the Monument of the Ghetto Heroes, Warsaw, 7 December 1970 ( bpk/Hanns Hubmann)
Chairman of the SPD parliamentary group Herbert Wehner, Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt and Federal Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Helmut Schmidt at the convention of the Social Democratic Party (the so-called Troika), Dortmund, 1972 ( Bundesregierung/Engelbert Reineke)
Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt in dialogue with Vice-Chancellor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Walter Scheel, Fuerteventura, 1973 ( Willy-Brandt-Archiv im Archiv der sozialen Demokratie, Bonn)
Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt, President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at the Oval Office, Washington DC, 29 September 1973 ( Bundesregierung/Ludwig Wegmann)
Welcome for Willy Brandt and members of the NorthSouth Commission after its inaugural meeting by Federal President Walter Scheel at Schloss Gymnich near Bonn, 9 December 1977 ( J.H. Darchinger/Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung)
Willy Brandt and Shridath Ramphal handing over the Brandt Report to President Jimmy Carter, Washington DC, 15 February 1980 ( picture alliance/UPI)
Willy Brandt, Edward Heath and Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt at a reception at Schloss Charlottenburg during the meeting of the NorthSouth Commission in Berlin, 29 May 1981 ( Bundesregierung/Klaus Lehnartz)
Official celebration of Willy Brandts seventy-fifth birthday at the invitation of Federal President Richard von Weizscker at Villa Hammerschmidt, Bonn, 20 January 1989 ( back row, from left : Bjrn Engholm, Peter Glotz, Holger Brner, Shepard Stone, Walter Scheel, Oskar Lafontaine, Bruno Kreisky, Ernst Breit, Karel van Miert, Kurt Scharf, Egon Bahr, Friedbert Pflger, Basil Mathiopoulos, Hans Katzer; middle row, from left : Johannes Rau, Helmut Kohl, Layachi Yaker, Jacques Delors, Ingvar Carlsson, Hans-Jochen Vogel, Shridath S. Ramphal, Franz Vranitzky, Alan Boesek, Georg Leber, Valentin Falin, Rainer Barzel; front row, from left : Marianne von Weizscker, Franois Mitterrand, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Brigitte Seebacher-Brandt, Mieczslaw Rakowski, Willy Brandt, Richard von Weizscker, Mrio Soares, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Shimon Peres) ( Bundesregierung/Arne Schambeck)
Willy Brandt at the Brandenburg Gate the day after the fall of the Berlin Wall, 10 November 1989 ( William Palmer Mikkelsen)
Abbreviations
ACC Allied Control Council
CDU Christian Democratic Union
CPSU Communist Party of the Soviet Union
CSCE Conference for Security and Cooperation in Europe
CSU Christian Social Union
DNA Norwegian Labour Party
DNVP German National Peoples Party
EEC European Economic Community
EKD Evangelical Church in Germany
FDP Free Democratic Party (liberal and classical-liberal)
FRG Federal Republic of Germany
GDR German Democratic Republic
GVP All-German Peoples Party
HVA (GDR) Main Directorate for Reconnaissance
IDA International Development Association
KPD German Communist Party
MBFR Mutual Balanced Forces Reduction
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NKVD Peoples Commissariat for Internal Affairs (Soviet secret service)
NPD National Democratic Party (neo-Nazi)
NSDAP National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi Party)
