“Today, let us consider their example a call to stand firm for the freedoms and values they fought for with such dedication.”

“Today, let us consider their example a call to stand firm for the freedoms and values they fought for with such dedication.”
The Saxon Palace was, like most of Warsaw, destroyed by the German occupiers during World War Two.
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