"Reflections on WWII: From Apologies to Commemorations"
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German President Frank Walter Steinmeier asked for forgiveness of German crimes committed during World War II as he commemorated the 80th anniversary of the ghetto uprising alongside the presidents of Poland and Israel in Warsaw on Wednesday. Steinmeier’s speech comes just a day after the Polish government adopted a resolution on the need to “regulate” Polish-German relations regarding war reparations for the damages caused by German occupants during the Second World War.
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