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Chapter 8
East-West Reconciliation
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Two Germanies (1961-1989)
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Change through Rapprochement (July 15, 1963)
Agreement on Border Crossing (December 17, 1963)
The Protestant Churches and Eastern Europe (October 15, 1965)
Two States, One Nation (October 28, 1969)
Willy Brandt at a Window in Erfurt (March 19, 1970)
GDR Citizens Wave to Willy Brandt (March 19, 1970)
Willy Brandt and Willi Stoph in Erfurt (March 19, 1970)
Demonstration at the Second Meeting between Willy Brandt and Willi Stoph (May 21, 1970)
Willy Brandt Bids Farewell to Willi Stoph and Otto Winzer (May 21, 1970)
Brandt’s Visit to the GDR (March 23, 1970)
Protest Demonstration in Bonn against Brandt’s Ostpolitik (May 30, 1970)
The Moscow Treaty (August 12, 1970)
Demonstration against the National Democratic Party of Germany in Essen (December 5, 1970)
Kneeling before the Warsaw Ghetto Memorial (December 7, 1970)
Quadripartite Agreement on Berlin (September 3, 1971)
Egon Bahr and Michael Kohl (December 20, 1971)
Vote of No Confidence (April 1972)
Willy Brandt after the No Confidence Vote in the Bundestag (April 27, 1972)
Signing the Quadripartite Agreement on Berlin (June 3, 1972)
Initialing the Basic Treaty (November 8, 1972)
The Basic Treaty (December 21, 1972)
Constitutionality of the Basic Treaty (July 31, 1973)
The GDR and the Federal Republic Join the United Nations (September 18, 1973)
The Guillaume Affair (April/May 1974)
Willy Brandt with His Successor, Helmut Schmidt (May 16, 1974)
Petition for an Exit Visa (April 20, 1977)
German Protestant Church Congress in West Berlin (June 8–12, 1977)
Erich Honecker Welcomes Helmut Schmidt at the Airport (December 11, 1981)
Helmut Schmidt and Erich Honecker at Schloss Hubertusstock on Lake Werbellin (December 11–13, 1981)
Güstrow during Helmut Schmidt’s Visit (December 13, 1981)
Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic in the GDR (1982)
Billion Mark Loans and Humanitarian Concessions (July 25, 1984)
Joint Communiqué by Erich Honecker and Helmut Kohl (September 8, 1987)
A Difficult Balancing Act: Honecker’s Visit to West Germany (September 11, 1987)
The Politburo Gets Briefed (September 15, 1987)
Dialogue between the SPD and the SED (September 11, 1988)
Ransom for Political Prisoners (Retrospective Account, 2009)
East-West German Immigration Statistics (1962–1990)
Era of Reforms
Oil Shocks and Stagnation