“In Germany, too little is known about the scale of the crimes committed by Germans against millions of Poles,” says the German culture minister.
Holocaust
Polish president unveils monument to Poles killed for helping Jews during Holocaust
On 6 December 1942, the Germans killed over 30 Poles, most of them children, in two nearby villages.
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