Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Elke Büdenbender were in Warsaw on 19 April to take part in the memorial ceremony to mark the eightieth anniversary of the uprising in the Warsaw ghetto, at the invitation of Polish President Andrzej Duda, together with Israeli President Isaac Herzog. President Duda had invited Federal President Steinmeier to give a commemorative speech before the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes, making him the first German state guest to do so.

The Federal President also attended a religious service in the Nożyk Synagogue in the afternoon and held bilateral talks with President Duda and President Herzog.

The day of remembrance ended with an evening concert featuring Israeli and Polish musicians given by the National Opera at the Teatr Wielki in Warsaw.

Overview of the programme:

Tuesday, 18 April

• Flight to Warsaw

Wednesday, 19 April

• Presidential Palace
  Talks with the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda
• POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
  Welcome by the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, and the President of the State of Israel, Isaac Herzog
• Monument to the Ghetto Heroes
  Speech at the central memorial ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
• Nożyk Synagogue
  Attendance at a memorial service
• Talks with the President of the State of Israel, Isaac Herzog
• National Opera
  Attendance at the concert Memory and the Future – 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
• Flight to Berlin