Willy Brandt kneels before a Holocaust monument in Warsaw (Brandt’s ‘Kniefall von Warschau’)

In a humble gesture, Will Brandt creates new worldwide awareness of Germany. Spontaneously, the Chancellor kneels before the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising monument and demonstratively honours the victims of German war-crimes in Poland. Conservative circles in Germany initially express criticism, but Brandt becomes the role-model for a generation of social-liberal Germans, and not just for his symbolic action. Today, the site of Brandt’s kneeling is named “Skwer Willy'ego Brandta” (Willy Brandt Square)