The world knows Willy Brandt, but who knows his world? His wife Rut, his sons Peter, Lars, and Matthias: How did the Brandt family experience their rise and fall? Rut Brandt's friends and many people from the Brandt family's private circle have opened up in interviews for this unusual biography. What they have to share excitingly complements the memories of political companions like Egon Bahr and Hans-Dietrich Genscher. Torsten Körner paints a new, fascinating picture of a legendary personality and his family. No biography has come this close to the man Willy Brandt.