Poland marks 70th anniversary of end of WWII

The events commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of the WWII entitled "The Legacy of World War II Reconsidered After 70 Years" will be held in Gdańsk on Westerplatte cape on May 7-8. Many political leaders will attend the commemorations, however without such significant heads of state as Angela Merkel or Francois Hollande. Presidents of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Lithuania, Romania and Ukraine as well as UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and President of the European Council Donald Tusk will participate, the presidential chancellery said. Conferences included in the commemorations and attended by politicians and historians (among others, Norman Davis and Timothy Snyder) took place on Thursday. A similar event in Moscow scheduled for May 9 has been boycotted by most Western leaders.