#AceHistoryNews – Aug.20: Egon Bahr, the German statesman who helped pioneer the “Ostpolitik” policy of improving relations with the communist East under West German Chancellor Willy Brandt, has died. He was 93.
Social Democratic party leader Sigmar Gabriel told the dpa news agency Thursday that Bahr died overnight.
As a state secretary under Brandt, Bahr helped guide negotiations between East …
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