“German responsibility persists, including the responsibility to ensure that what happened there never repeats itself This passes on to all future generations of Germans
Weimer also situated remembrance within a current European context, noting, “If not now, then when – against the backdrop of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and the end of the European post-war order – should we recognize that a European future requires a common European memory
The commemoration took place on the grounds of the former Kroll Opera House, where Adolf Hitler delivered a key propaganda speech to the Reichstag on September 1, 1939, announcing the German invasion of Poland A temporary memorial marking the site dedicated to the victims of German occupation in Poland was opened to the public in June 2025