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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Wednesday asked for forgiveness for German atrocities in Poland during World War II, as he visited the Polish capital Warsaw. Steinmeier spoke with the now elderly men and women who fought 80 years ago in the Warsaw Uprising against Poland’s German occupiers. “We Germans are aware of our historical responsibility and we Germans must not forget,” Steinmeier told the group, some of whom had fought against the Nazi occupation as 12-year-olds. Steinmeier also addressed the central commemoration ceremony with Polish President Andrzej Duda and hundreds of …

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