The Guillaume Affair: The Spy Scandal That Brought Down a German Chancellor
Ministry of History Podcast · Arthur Mead
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Show Notes
Willy Brandt was famous for being the West German Chancellor that introduced a policy of rapprochement with East Germany and the Eastern Bloc in general - known as "Ostpolitik". He is remembered as a great statesman, who led the Federal Republic from 1969 until 1974 - when his premiership came to an abrupt end.
The reason: one of his closest aides, Günter Guillaume, was discovered to be an East German spy.
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