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Michael Fitzpatrick

The world remembers the Warsaw ghetto uprising, 80 years on

This emblematic photo of the Second World War was taken on April 19, 1943, the day of the outbreak of the Warsaw ghetto uprising. © AP

On 19 April 1943, several hundred poorly armed inhabitants of the Warsaw ghetto began to resist Nazi Germany's efforts to deport Jews to the death camps. The civilian fighters resisted for 27 days. The Germans subsequently burned the ghetto to the ground.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Wednesday asked for "forgiveness" for his country's World War II crimes, while marking the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

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