West German Chancellor Willy Brandt in Warsaw: remembering the victims of the Ghetto Rebellion, 7. 12.1970 (Photo: The Federal Government, Photographer: Engelbert Reineke)
In the Treaty of Warsaw with Poland, West Germany recognises the Oder-Neisse Line as the western border of Poland. Willy Brandt goes down on his knees in Warsaw in commemoration the victims of the Ghetto Rebellion, brutally put down by the Germans.
RIAS telephone report from Warsaw about Willy Brandt’s visit to Poland, 7 December 1970 (in German) (Source: Archiv Deutschlandradio, Broadcast: Rundschau am Mittag, Reporter: Jürgen Rusche)
17 December
1970
In East Berlin, Walter Ulbricht propagates the end of the united German nation; the GDR is a "socialist German nation-state".
18 December
1970
In Poland, particularly in the area of Gdansk and Szczecin, tanks put an end to strikes, demonstrations and unrest provoked by the raising of prices. Many demonstrators are killed.
The RIAS records the announcement on Polish radio of a curfew in Szczecin.
RIAS recording: Announcement of a curfew for Sczcecin between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m., 18 December 1970 (Source: Archiv Deutschlandradio, Broadcast: Rundschau am Abend)
