Treaty of Warsaw (1970)

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Cold War treaty bilateral treaty international agreement

The Treaty of Warsaw (1970) was a landmark agreement between West Germany and Poland in which West Germany recognized the Oder–Neisse line as Poland’s western border, easing Cold War tensions and advancing Willy Brandt’s Ostpolitik policy of reconciliation with Eastern Europe.

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Label Occurrences
Treaty of Warsaw (1970) canonical 10
Warsaw Treaty (1970) 1
Warsaw Treaty of 1970 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War treaty ⓘ
bilateral treaty ⓘ
international agreement ⓘ
addressedIssue German territorial claims east of the Oder–Neisse line ⓘ
advancedPolicyOf Ostpolitik ⓘ
surface form: Willy Brandt’s Ostpolitik
alsoKnownAs Treaty of Warsaw (1970) ⓘ
surface form: Warsaw Treaty of 1970
cameIntoForce 1972-06-03 ⓘ
contributedTo détente in Europe ⓘ
improvement of German-Polish relations ⓘ
countrySignatory West Germany ⓘ
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany

Poland ⓘ
dateSigned 1970-12-07 ⓘ
declaredPrinciple inviolability of existing borders in Europe ⓘ
non-use of force in mutual relations ⓘ
peaceful settlement of disputes ⓘ
domesticOppositionFrom Christian Democratic Union of Germany ⓘ
surface form: CDU/CSU in West Germany
historicalBackground displacement of German population from former eastern territories ⓘ
post-World War II territorial changes in Central Europe ⓘ
languageOfDocument German ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
legalEffect West German de facto recognition of Polish sovereignty over former German territories ⓘ
confirmation that borders could only be changed by peaceful means and mutual agreement ⓘ
mainPurpose normalization of relations between West Germany and Poland ⓘ
recognition of post-World War II borders in Central Europe ⓘ
partyGovernmentLeader Józef Cyrankiewicz ⓘ
Willy Brandt ⓘ
policyGoal easing tensions between NATO and Warsaw Pact states ⓘ
reconciliation with Eastern Europe ⓘ
politicalContext Cold War ⓘ
Ostpolitik ⓘ
recognizedAs Poland’s western border ⓘ
recognizedBorder Polish–German border ⓘ
surface form: Oder–Neisse line
region Europe ⓘ
relatedTo Basic Treaty between the FRG and the GDR (1972) ⓘ
surface form: Basic Treaty (1972)

Helsinki Accords ⓘ
surface form: Helsinki Final Act

Treaty of Moscow (1970) ⓘ
required ratification by the West German Bundestag ⓘ
resultedFrom Ostpolitik ⓘ
surface form: West German Ostpolitik initiative
signedByHeadOfGovernment Willy Brandt ⓘ
signedByHeadOfState Józef Cyrankiewicz ⓘ
signedInCity Warsaw ⓘ
signedInCountry Poland ⓘ
subjectMatter bilateral relations ⓘ
borders ⓘ
security ⓘ
symbolicEventAssociated Willy Brandt ⓘ
surface form: Willy Brandt’s Kniefall von Warschau
symbolicGesture Willy Brandt’s kneeling at the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising memorial ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ostpolitik → significantEvent → Treaty of Warsaw (1970) ⓘ
Basic Treaty between the FRG and the GDR (1972) → relatedTo → Treaty of Warsaw (1970) ⓘ
Treaty of Moscow (1970) → followedBy → Treaty of Warsaw (1970) ⓘ
Treaty of Warsaw (1970) → alsoKnownAs → Treaty of Warsaw (1970) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Warsaw Treaty of 1970
Egon Bahr → contributedTo → Treaty of Warsaw (1970) ⓘ
Polish–German border → enteredIntoForceWith → Treaty of Warsaw (1970) ⓘ
Poland–Germany relations → includesEvent → Treaty of Warsaw (1970) ⓘ
Poland–Germany relations → legalBasis → Treaty of Warsaw (1970) ⓘ
Poland–Germany relations → borderConfirmedBy → Treaty of Warsaw (1970) ⓘ
Treaties of the Federal Republic of Germany → includes → Treaty of Warsaw (1970) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Warsaw Treaty (1970)
West German–Soviet Moscow Treaty → relatedAgreement → Treaty of Warsaw (1970) ⓘ
Brandt–Scheel coalition government → significantEvent → Treaty of Warsaw (1970) ⓘ