Monument commemorating the ceremony of laying flowers by the German Chancellor Willy Brand - former Ghetto area, Warsaw, Poland.
The monument commemorates the visit of the German Chancellor in Poland in December 1970 when Willy Brandt knelt on the steps of the Ghetto Heroes Monument and expressed his deep sorrow for the crimes and atrocities committed by the Germans against the Poles and the Jewish people during WW2. Warsaw Ghetto in the occupied capital of Poland was organized by the Germans in 1940 for Polish and European Jews. During the war almost 500 000 people were herded together in the Ghetto. Most of them were murdered by the Germans in gas chambers in Treblinka and other German death camps.
Size: 3560px × 4700px
Location: Warsaw, Poland, Europe.
Photo credit: © dario photography / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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