What did Willy Brandt want to express with his kneeling in 1970 in the former Jewish ghetto in Warsaw?

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He asked forgiveness from Poland and the Polish Jews.. Willy Brandt's kneeling (Kniefall) in 1970 at the Warsaw Ghetto Memorial was a powerful symbolic gesture asking for forgiveness for the crimes committed by Nazi Germany. It became a milestone in the reconciliation between Germany and Poland and marked the beginning of his 'Ostpolitik'.

Was wollte Willy Brandt mit seinem Kniefall 1970 im ehemaligen jüdischen Ghetto in Warschau ausdrücken?

Was wollte Willy Brandt mit seinem Kniefall 1970 im ehemaligen jüdischen Ghetto in Warschau ausdrücken?