Steinmeier: I apologize to the Polish people for German cruelty

“Follow the victims of the Vilun attack. I honor the victims of German tyranny and apologise”, Steinmeier said in German and Polish.

Steinmeier, along with a number of chiefs of states and governments, is in Poland for the commemoration of the start of World War II.

Poland now commemorates the 80th anniversary of the beginning of World War II that began with the attack by German Air Force, Luftwaffe, against the town of Vilun and the bombing of the Westerplata Peninsula by the German ship” Schleswig-Holstein”.

Ceremonies will take place in Vilun, on the upper peninsula, in Gdansk and Warsaw.

Meanwhile, Polish President Andreze Duda and German Frank-Walter Steinmeier attended the ceremony in Vilun, which began at 5:30 local time.

American President Donald Trump, who was to attend these ceremonies, cancelled the visit due to Hurricane” Dorian” expected to hit Florida.

Instead he'll be the vice president, Mike Pence.

According to historians, no Polish soldier was deployed in Wilun when Luftwaffe attacked.

Poland has lost six million people during World War II.