Polish President on Warsaw Uprising Victims: 'Germans Murdered with Bestiality'

Polish President Andrzej Duda marked the 82nd anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising by condemning the "bestial" actions of German forces during the suppression of the uprising. Speaking at a commemoration event in Warsaw's Wola district, Duda emphasized the immense suffering endured by civilians who were not combatants in the Home Army.

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The Warsaw Uprising was a battle for Poland, also in the face of the approaching Red Army and another evil that, since 1939, first in an allied sense, and later still in a mental sense, was the same as the German evil.

"The Warsaw Uprising was a battle for Poland, also in the face of the approaching Red Army and another evil that, since 1939, first in an allied sense, and later still in a mental sense, was the same as the German evil," Duda stated. He particularly drew attention to the Wola massacre, describing the district as the most tragic symbol of the events. "Every stairwell, every gate, every sidewalk of Warsaw's Wola is sprinkled with the blood of civilians murdered by the Germans with brutality, with bestiality," the president declared.

Duda stressed the importance of remembering individual human tragedies behind the statistics of the fallen. He called for remembering the faces of the specific people who were murdered simply for being Polish, urging against reducing the victims to mere numbers like 50,000 or 4,000.

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Every stairwell, every gate, every sidewalk of Warsaw's Wola is sprinkled with the blood of civilians murdered by the Germans with brutality, with bestiality.

The president also expressed outrage over the lack of post-war justice for those responsible for the Wola massacre. "What is outrageous is also the lack of accountability for the Wola massacre. None of the commanders, none of these barbarians who murdered and issued orders, were held accountable after 1945," he said, noting that German commanders often continued their careers in post-war Germany.

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What is outrageous is also the lack of accountability for the Wola massacre. None of the commanders, none of these barbarians who murdered and issued orders, were held accountable after 1945.

Concluding his remarks, Duda sent a message to the international community, linking the historical suffering of 1944 to contemporary challenges. "The world will not be good if dictators, murderers, and degenerates are not held accountable for what they have done. The world will not move forward, and no resolutions will help, if the world does not have the courage to condemn those who murdered women and children," he asserted.

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The world will not be good if dictators, murderers, and degenerates are not held accountable for what they have done. The world will not move forward, and no resolutions will help, if the world does not have the courage to condemn those who murdered women and children.