In this interview, Egon Bahr, the former Director of the Press and Information Office of the Federal State of Berlin appointed by Willy Brandt, then Mayor of West Berlin, summarises the different stages from the early 1960s onwards in the development of Ostpolitik, or the policy of opening towards the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and the Eastern states.

In this interview, Egon Bahr, former Junior Minister to the German Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt, explains the rapprochement that developed between the two Germanies by means of the new Ostpolitik adopted by the FRG. Firstly, he discusses the negotiations which led to the signing of the Moscow Treaty on 12 August 1970. Later, he recalls the discussions held with Michael Kohl, Junior Minister of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), which in turn led to the signing of the Basic Treaty on 21 December 1972.

In this interview, Egon Bahr, former Junior Minister to the German Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt, discusses the implications of the negotiations leading to the signing of the Warsaw Treaty on 7 December 1970 between the FRG and Poland, and lays particular stress on the question of the Oder-Neisse Line.

In this interview, Egon Bahr, former Junior Minister to the German Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt, explains the reaction of the United States, the United Kingdom and France to the new Ostpolitik espoused by the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG).