ceremonies in poland to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of world war 2 polish president on jay duda said there are still lessons to be learned from the war and his german counterpart. described it as a german crime that his nation will never forget. 80 years after the war began the heads of state of poland and germany shake hands together they remember the crimes that began on september 1st 1939 steamy scrawled on the view today we honor all the victims of the 2nd world war. we bowed to them and with gratitude we kissed the hands of the veterans so we're meant to come but on the. pier on pilsudski square in the middle of warsaw was where the saxon palace once stood it was destroyed by the nazis the german president had clear words he's a great go of this war it was a german crime. the history of this place is testimony to that. early in the morning the 2 presidents had met in the town of a loon at the exact hour when the german military launched the war's 1st air raid and the 1st war crime the attack on the militarily insignificant city claimed some 1200 civilian lives. in both velu