President Pavel urges WWII remembrance at Berlin Memorial

Czech President Petr Pavel began his visit to Berlin on Wednesday at the Plötzensee Memorial, once a Nazi execution site, calling for continued remembrance of World War II to prevent future atrocities.

The site saw the execution of 671 Czechoslovak resistance members during the Nazi regime. Pavel was joined by Berlin Mayor Kai Wegner and Tomáš Filip, descendant of one of the victims.

Later, Pavel met with his counterpart German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at Bellevue Palace. The two heads of state stressed the importance of shared remembrance and praised Czech-German reconciliation.

They also attended a reception for winners of the "Never Again!" student competition, marking 80 years since the war’s end.