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‘One of history’s most powerful acts of reconciliation’: Willy Brandt’s Warsaw ‘kniefall’ 55 years on

Alex Webber
 07.12.2025, 17:50
The spontaneous gesture is remembered as an unspoken apology for German war crimes. Photo: Bettmann
The spontaneous gesture is remembered as an unspoken apology for German war crimes. Photo: Bettmann

The spontaneous gesture is remembered as an unspoken apology for German war crimes.