In December 1970 a further milestone is reached on the road to reconciliation of the Federal Republic and its eastern neighbors. Willy Brandt travels to Poland to sign the "Warsaw Treaty". The day of treaty signing becomes a moving demonstration of the Federal Chancellor's desire for reconciliation. Willy Brandt falls spontaneously to his knees as he lays a wreath at the memorial for the Jews murdered in 1943 by SS units in the Warsaw Ghetto. The photograph of this gesture is seen by the entire world.