My life in politics

Author(s)

Bibliographic Information

My life in politics

Willy Brandt

(Penguin books)

Penguin, 1993, c1992

Other Title

Erinnerungen

Available at  / 2 libraries

Search this Book/Journal

Note

First published in Germany under the title Erinnerungen by Propyläen 1989

First published translated, abridged and with a new preface edition: London : Hamish Hamilton, 1992

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Born in 1913 to poor working-class parents, Willy Brandt was involved in socialist politics from an early age. By 1933 he was an active anti-Nazi, so that at 19 he had to flee Germany for Denmark and Norway. He was to remain outside Germany for the next 18 years, involved in the resistance and as a radical journalist all that time. For his troubles he was stripped of his German nationality in 1938; it was only returned to him in 1948. And yet within a year he was a deputy for Berlin in the first German Bundestage. From then on his rise was rapid, and in 1970 he was made Chancellor and awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1971. Now in his seventies he is still a tireless internationalist. The historic events of 1989 were the culmination of a political career dedicated to bringing East and West together. This book chronicles the life of Willy Brandt, the former Chancellor of West Germany.

Table of Contents

  • Return to freedom
  • the discovery of the world
  • terminus, peace
  • power struggles
  • some endings
  • the principle of the future
  • building plans.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Related Books: 1-1 of 1

Details

Page Top