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German president asks Polish forgiveness 80 years after WWII outbreak
WIELUN, Poland, Sept 1, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – German President Frank-Walter
Steinmeier on Sunday asked Poland’s forgiveness for history’s bloodiest
conflict during a ceremony in the Polish city of Wielun, where the first
World War II bombs fell 80 years ago.
“I bow my head before the victims of the attack on Wielun. I bow my head
before the Polish victims of Germany’s tyranny. And I ask forgiveness,”
Steinmeier said in both German and Polish.
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