German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has asked Poland for forgiveness, 80 years after World War II. The German leader said this during a ceremony in the Polish city of Wielun, where the World War II bombs fell 80 years ago. About six million Polish reportedly died in the conflict that killed more than 50 million people in all. He said in both German and Polish:

I bow before the victims of the attack on Wielun. I bow before the Polish victims of German tyranny. And I ask your forgiveness.

It was Germans who committed these crimes against humanity in Poland. Anyone calling them things of the past, or claiming that the vile rule of terror of the National Socialists in Europe was a mere footnote of German history, is passing judgement on him or herself.

As Germany’s Federal President, let me assure you that we will not forget.

We want to, and we will remember. And we will bear the responsibility that our history imposes upon us.

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

I am convinced that this ceremony will go down in the history of Polish-German friendship.

Source: https://lifewithcuttons.com.ng/2019/09/03/germany-asks-poland-for-forgiveness-80-years-after-world-war-ii/

hmmmm

South Africans should do same cos they first started this xenophobia of a thing

This is one of the devastating effect of tyranny.Good that the today Germany make atonement.Another analogue of the infamous Adolf Hitler's Nazi communist party is in place in Nigeria today but it also has its day with histroy.

Expect an apology from SA in 2099 then..