Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898) was the first chancellor of the German Empire—someone who influenced not only the formation of a unified German state. As a result of his strategic designs and actions, much of Europe’s map was reshaped. Scholars from different countries agree that modern Germany became the core of the current European Union precisely thanks to Bismarck. Otto von Bismarck’s memoirs describe in detail the personality of the “iron chancellor” and the contribution he made to Europe’s political life. The “iron” quality of the future chancellor did not appear out of nowhere. Bismarck had to overcome on his life path what we still face today: betrayal by friends, slander, injustice, persecution, and hypocrisy. A proud and ambitious man—he knew how to be devoted to an emperor and a nation, yet he did not even forgive the hurts done to him…