Willy Brandt House

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Besides Gunther Grass, Lübeck's other big Nobel Prize winner was chancellor of West Germany (1969–74) and was honoured for his efforts to reconcile with East Germany. Exhibits capture the tense times of the Cold War and Willy Brandt's role at this pivotal time. He was born in this house in 1913.

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