[CondoleezzaProtege]

Poland suffered some of the worst horrors of World War II: nearly six million Poles died in the conflict that killed more than 50 million people overall.That figure includes the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust, half of them Polish.Though it has been 80 years since the war started, there are still unresolved matters according to Poland, which says Germany owes it war reparations.

Polish President Andrzej Duda for his part denounced Nazi Germany’s attack on Poland, calling it “an act of barbarity” and “a war crime.”

“I am convinced that this ceremony will go down in the history of Polish-German friendship,” he added, thanking Steinmeier for his presence.

The heads of state will later tour the Wielun museum and meet with local survivors of the September 1, 1939 bombing.

Later Sunday, US Vice President Mike Pence, Steinmeier and Duda will deliver speeches at a ceremony in Warsaw’s Pilsudski Square, the site of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

[VanDeKoik]

Considering that the Poles own a chunk of what was once Germany, maybe the "I'm sorry" needs to come from the country that sliced off that massive gray chunk of Poland that they never gave back?

[Larry381]

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier reminds me a lot of Obama who I’m sure, would like to apologize for everything about the United States of America.

[IndispensableDestiny]

F**k them.

[rhombus10]

Next they can apologize for the Visigoths sacking Rome.

[aspasia]

So, sorry for being so German, please accept our contemporary “benign” EU sympathies.

[vetvetdoug]

Hasn't the perp that orchestrated the invasion been punished or is dead?

[gaijin]

It’s like they CRAVE guilt.

Germany guilt and Muzzie guilt-mongering:

MATCH MADE IN HELL.

Actually guilt-mongering not ONLY by muzzie$, eh, ifyaknowhwhatImean.

[dfwgator]

Ok Germany, then stop insisting that Poland surrenders her culture by taking in Muslims.

[GOPJ]

A day late and a dollar short... Germany fails once again...

[AlaskaErik]

While Steinmeier may be contrite, Merkel runs Germany as the Fourth Reich, only with the force of personality and the weight of the German economy, instead of with military force.

[I want the USA back]

The name’s the same, but the reality isn’t. There is no way for “Germany” to apologize to “Poland.” The vicious aggressors are dead or hiding in Argentina. The victims are dead or aging.
Same goes for slavery. The participants are all dead. Just don’t let it ever happen again! Learn from the past!

[Ceebass]

If it’s any consolation to the Poles, the Germans suffered 10 million dead, and a country pulverized to rubble. This in a paroxysm of national madness not seen since the French Revolution.

I see something similar developing with the rats.

[Larry Lucido]

You can’t apologize for something you didn’t do.

You can’t forgive something that happened to someone else.

[Larry Lucido]

An apology is nice, but Germany should make sure to go through all 12 steps and not skip any before getting a job selling ice cream.

[Savage Beast]

...and what did Poland say?

[pallmallman]

F uck Germany. There shouldn’t even be a Germany....they should have been”Dresdened” into oblivion in the latter days of the war. A Dresden in every major city. We should have united with the Soviets in completely destroying that monstrous nation.

[Cronos]

The Germans apologize and continue to do so. I feel that soon there needs to be an end to that - forgive but not forget.

The Germans remember what evil their grandfathers did and bow their heads in shame.

This is how a civilized nation acts. Kudos to them for acknowledging the past

[dfwgator]

Anniversary Bump.