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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (R) delivers a speech as Israel's President Isaac Herzog (L), Polish President Andrzej Duda (2nd R) and his wife Agata Kornhauser-Duda (2ndL) listen during the central commemoration ceremony of the 80th anniversary of the start of the Warsaw Jewish Ghetto Uprising, in Warsaw, Poland on April 19, 2023. - Poland will mark 80 years since the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, when hundreds of Jews launched a doomed attack against the Nazis, with the commemorations looking beyond the fighters and emphasising the civilian experience. The presidents of Germany and Israel will join their Polish counterpart for the anniversary of the month-long revolt, which was the largest single act of Jewish resistance against the Germans during World War II. (Photo by JANEK SKARZYNSKI / AFP)
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Wednesday asked 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 told Holocaust survivors and others in the Polish capital, where he became the first ever German head of state to speak at the commemoration.
