Poland marks 80th anniversary of Warsaw Uprising

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda, left, shakes hands with Germany’s President Frank-Walter Steinmeier prior to their talks at the Belweder Palace in Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday (Czarek Sokolowski/AP)

The Polish and German presidents bowed their heads to the sound of a military drum as they paid tribute on Thursday to Poles killed by Nazi Germany during the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 on the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the ill-fated revolt.

As Poland marked the day, news broke that the oldest surviving insurgent in the uprising, Barbara Sowa, 106, died in the morning.