WWII mourned: German President expresses remorse, warns about dangers of nationalism | World News, The Indian Express

WWII mourned: German President expresses remorse, warns about dangers of nationalism | World News, The Indian Express

By AP |Warsaw |Updated: September 2, 2019 3:22:47 pm

WWII mourned: German President expresses remorse, warns about dangers of nationalism

``This war was a German crime,'' President Frank-Walter Steinmeier told Poland's top leaders, US Vice President Mike Pence, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other world leaders at a 80th anniversary ceremony marking World's War II's outbreak.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier delivers a speech during a commemorative ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War Two in Warsaw, Poland. (Photo: Reuters)

Germany’s president expressed deep remorse for the suffering his nation inflicted on Poland and the rest of Europe during World War II, warning of the dangers of nationalism as world leaders gathered Sunday in the country where the war started at incalculable costs.