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Polish capital marks 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising
Residents of the Polish capital burn flares in Warsaw, Poland, August 1, 2024 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising during World War II against Nazi German forces

THE Polish capital came to a standstill on Thursday as it marked the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising, an ill-fated revolt against Nazi German forces during World War II.

Polish President Andrzej Duda and his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier stood together to remember those days of August in 1944. They paid tribute to the Wola Massacre, a mass-murder of civilians in Warsaw’s Wola district carried out by German troops from August 5 to August 12 1944.

Mr Duda said: “They were led out of their homes, tenement houses, their homes were set on fire and they themselves were shot in the streets and their bodies were burned.”

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