A commemorative ceremony was held in Warsaw, the capital of the country on the 1st, 80 years after Nazi Germany invaded Poland in 1939 and the Second World War began. While Prime Minister Merkel of Germany and US Vice President Pence attended, Russian President Vladimir Putin was not invited because of the Ukraine crisis in 2014, etc., and changed to a 10-year-old ceremony with the main Allied side.
At the ceremony, President Steinmeier said, “We will never forget and convey the crimes committed by our country,” and “we must never repeat the rise of nationalism and hate people.”
Prior to the ceremony, Polish President Duda and German President Steinmeier visited Central Poland early in the morning. Silent at the time when the first air strike began.
US President Trump refused to attend because of the response to the hurricane disaster.
Meanwhile, Putin is not invited ...