Merkel Cites Eternal Responsibility at WWII Ceremony

[Turbineguy]

By Tony Czuczka and Lucian Kim

Sept. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Chancellor Angela Merkel paid tribute to the victims of World War II and the Holocaust, saying Germany bears “eternal” responsibility for the war that began 70 years ago when Nazi troops invaded neighboring Poland.

Speaking at the Westerplatte peninsula in Gdansk, Poland, where some of the first shots were fired on Sept. 1, 1939, Merkel recalled Poland’s devastation by Germans and the 6 million Jews who died at the hands of the Nazis during the war.

“I pay tribute to the 60 million people who lost their lives in this war unleashed by Germany,” Merkel said today. “There are no words that could even remotely describe the suffering caused by this war and the Holocaust. I bow before the victims.”

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=ajL0HzytBV_0

This is good. Yes, Germany can do better than they did then. And does.

[Captain Hilts]

1. Good on her. nt