Public diplomacy, in part, is the art of advocating for one’s own country’s concerns and perspectives through public speech and action and raising awareness of both among others. This form of diplomacy is not necessarily a great strength of German politicians. Helmut Kohl came closest to achieving this in Gorbachev’s dacha in July 1990, Helmut Kohl, once again, and Jacques Chirac at the graves of Verdun in 1984, and of course Willy Brandt with his genuflection at the memorial for the victims of the Warsaw ghetto in 1970.