The presidents of Germany, Poland and Israel, joined by Holocaust survivors and their descendants, are marking the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
The leaders of Israel, Germany and Poland gather to mark the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, as thousands take part in unofficial commemorations.
The presidents of Germany, Poland and Israel, joined by Holocaust survivors and their descendants, marked the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
Sirens wailed, church bells rang and the presidents of Germany, Israel and Poland bowed their heads Wednesday before a memorial to Jewish insurgents who fought a mismatched, desperate battle against Nazi German forces in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
Presidents and Holocaust survivors and their descendants commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising on Wednesday with a poignant sense that the responsibility for carrying on the memory of the Holocaust is passing from the witnesses to younger generations. Germany’s president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, said the lessons of his own country’s aggression hold a…