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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Polish President Andrzej Duda laid wreaths together to commemorate the victims of the Warsaw Uprising 80 years ago. They chose a memorial in Warsaw’s Wola district, where some 30,000 Polish civilians were systematically killed within the span of a few days in 1944. “They were taken from their homes, their houses were burnt down, they themselves were shot in the streets and their bodies were burnt,” said Duda about the massacre. Duda called Steinmeier’s presence at the ceremony an important symbolic moment for the two nations. Steinmeier stood quietl…

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