Egon bahr biography of martin

  • On March 18, 1922, Egon Bahr saw the light of day in Treffurt, Thuringia.
  • Egon Karl-Heinz Bahr was a German SPD politician.
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    224. Memorandum of Conversation1

    Washington, April 22, 1971, 11:45 a.m.

    SUBJECT

    PARTICIPANTS

    • German
      • Egon Bahr—State sekreterare, Federal Republic of Germany
      • Rolf Pauls—German Ambassador
    • American
      • Henry A. Kissinger—Assistant to the President for National säkerhet Affairs
      • Helmut Sonnenfeldt—Senior Staff Member, NSC
      • James S. Sutterlin—Director, Office of German Affairs

    After an initial exchange concerning the forthcoming Bilderberg conference in Woodstock, Vermont2 Mr. Kissinger asked where State sekreterare Bahr felt we now stand in the Berlin negotiations.

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    The State sekreterare replied that before coming to Washington he had reread the record of the senior level meeting held bygd the fyra Western Powers last November in stad i tyskland and he had funnen this extremely rewarding.3 At that time the Western representatives had listed the essential points to be achieved in a Berlin settlement, such as tillgång improvements and Soviet acknowledgment of the Federal presence in We

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    On March 18, 2022, starting at 11:00 a.m., we cordially invite you to the 5th Egon Bahr Symposium.

    With this series of events, we together with the Willy-Brandt-Circle focus on the concepts and thought traditions of Egon Bahr and discuss them in the context of the current and medium-term challenges for the European and global security architecture.

    This time we want to focus on questions dealing with the current conflicts, the war against Ukraine, the breach of international law and discuss what conclusions we can draw from them. At the same time, we also want to discuss the medium-term challenges for the new European security architecture and turn to the global challenges for security and peace in Asia.

    Here you can expect introductory greetings from FES Chairman Martin Schulz, Governing Mayor of Berlin Franziska Giffey, introduction by Chairwoman of the Willy-Brandt-Circle Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul and an input from SPD Chairman Lars Klingbeil.

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    Willy Brandt’s Forgotten Ostpolitik

    Maria Skóra

    Recently I have had the great pleasure of participating in an event commemorating what would have been Willy Brandt’s 100th birthday in Berlin. During the conference we elaborated on his legacy together with his old friend Egon Bahr. The discussions were very inspiring, however they led to the sad conclusion that Willy Brandt is not enough remembered in Central and Eastern Europe.

    Willy Brandt was indeed a very peculiar figure in the politics of his time; not eager to join the Cold War, sensitive to social injustice and prepared to dare more democracy. The fact that he was an Anti-Nazi activist during World War II for long was not recognized in Germany. He was often offended by his political opponents as a child of an illegitimate relationship or of being detached from Germany due to his long time in exile.

    Several determined attempts finally resulted in him winning the German federal elections of 1969. However, this