2 euros GERMANY 2020 - 50th anniversary of kneeling

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From the German Ministry of Finance we receive the image that will present the commemorative 2 euro coin to be issued in 2020, in the that portrays the historical event that occurred on December 7, 1970, when Chancellor Willy Brandt knelt before the monument commemorative of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, where they died thousands of Jews victims of the Nazis during World War II. The coin commemorates this fact under the name "50th Anniversary of the Warsaw genuflection.

Designed by artist Bodo Broschat, the coin shows the moment when then German chancellor kneels as a gesture of humility in front of the monument to the heroes of the Warsaw ghetto. The composition is illustrated in reference to the ghetto uprising of 1943, considered the most famous Jewish resistance attempt against the Germans. a chandelier of 7 arms, one of the oldest symbols of Judaism, presides over the scene. Willy Brandt would later write about this act in his memoirs: “On the brink of the abyss of German history and under the weight of the millions murdered, I did what men do when they are missing words".

This coin will be put into circulation in October 2020, with an issuance volume yet to be determined.

The Warsaw Genuflection (Kniefall von Warschau) was a gesture of humility and penance carried out by the social democratic chancellor of Germany Willy Brandt towards the victims of the Ghetto Uprising Warsaw. ?The incident took place during the visit to the monument of the was Nazi on December 7, 1970, in what was then the Communist People's Republic of Poland. After depositing a settlement floral, Brandt, surprisingly and apparently spontaneously, He knelt down and remained in that position silently for a while. short space of time, surrounded by a large group of dignitaries and the press.