“And I will make 2015 the year that the historical grievances between us and our neighbors are buried for good. Remembering the impact of Willy Brandt’s Kniefall at the Jewish ghetto site in Warsaw in 1970, I will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II by visiting Nanjing and accepting Japanese responsibility for the terrible massacre of 1937-1938.
“2015年，我还将以积极方式结束我们与邻国的历史恩怨。我还记得1970年勃兰特在华沙犹太纪念碑前的下跪，我将以访问南京、承认日本对1937—1938年骇人听闻的大屠杀的责任的方式纪念第二次世界大战结束70周年。