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German, Polish bishops issue statement on World War II
August 27, 2009
The heads of the German and Polish bishops’ conferences have released a joint statement on the 70th anniversary of the beginning of World War II. “After the criminal war aggression of Nazi Germany and the immense wrongs inflicted on Poles by Germans and the wrongs and loss of homeland experienced by Germans due to expulsions, we repeat: ‘We forgive and ask for forgiveness,’” the bishops write.
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Further information:
- Erklärung aus Anlass des 70. Jahrestages des Beginns des Zweiten Weltkriegs am 1. September 1939 (Deutsche Bischofskonferenz)
- German, Polish bishops slam WWII expulsions (Gulf Times)
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