Warsaw
German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder apologized this week for the “immeasurable suffering” the Nazis inflicted on Poland during World War II. The chancellor was attending ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the failed Warsaw uprising, when Polish partisans tried to oust their Nazi occupiers. The Poles thought Soviet troops, rapidly advancing on Poland, would come to their aid, but Stalin held his forces back and 200,000 Polish civilians were slaughtered. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, also on hand for the ceremonies, told Poles that they now had a firm ally in the United States. “Poland will never be alone again as it was 60 years ago,” Powell said. “The U.S. will always be with Poland.”
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