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Wednesday, April 19, 2023
German president asks for ‘forgiveness’ on Warsaw Ghetto anniversary
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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier asks for “forgiveness” for his country’s World War II crimes, while marking the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
“I stand before you today and ask for your forgiveness for the crimes committed by Germans here,” Steinmeier tells Holocaust survivors and others in the Polish capital, where he became the first ever German head of state to speak at the commemoration.
Steinmeier later slams Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for his Ukraine invasion.
“With his illegal attack on a peaceful, democratic neighboring country… the Russian president has broken international law… This war brings immeasurable suffering, violence, destruction and death to the people of Ukraine,” Steimeier says at the uprising commemoration.
The Times of Israel Community.