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This title of this article is: only the strong forgive. It is about the Polish and Ukrainian peoples showing the world that there is no evil in history, which is insurmountable to good(forgiveness). In the town of Paw³okomy, after the war, there was bloody, brutal fighting(maybe murdering each other would be more accurate) here between Poles and Ukrainians.

Below, I will translate for everyone who does not speak Polish.(From second paragraph onwards, since the introduction already includes the first paragraph in the article)

Presidents Kaczynski and Juszczenko were in Paw³okomy, where 61 years earlier, Poles killed most of the places Ukrainian residents.

Now, Polish President Lech Kaczynski said that a strong and lasting unity between Poland and Ukraine can be built only on truth, and said, "we can't change the past, but we can make sure that it does not determine our future." He asked for forgiveness, and prayed "Forgive our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us." Over a thousand Ukrainians who came here from around the world responded with long applause.
Kaczynski remembered that unity between Poles and Ukrainians really grew during the orange revolution in Kiev, where the blue and gold Ukrainian flags mixed with the white and red. "there the unity came from the heart" he noted.

Ukrainian President Wiktor Juszczenko agreed and spoke about the long and difficult road many thousands of people took to attain such unity.

"We had two roads to choose from. One was to exact a liter for every liter of blood spilled, and having only war and killing in the spirit; or the other, one of unity," Juszczenko said. He thanked especially the residents of Paw³okomy, for whom it was especially difficult to extend a friendly hand to their neighbors finally after 60 years. "I am convinced that only strong nations can forgive one another, when their history is a problem for the present," explained Ukraine's president.

The leaders of both countries also laid flowers and lit candles in front of a cross remembering Polish victims of Ukrainian nationalists, which is one of many sites in Paw³okomy symbolic to Poles.

My father's Ukrainian parents were from the old country. My mother was Polish. Needless to say, it added a lot more stress to the mother-in-law/daughter-in-law relationship than usual. Although, this may not seem like a big deal to many people who are not aware of the animosity between the two peoples; this is a really significant move. I'm really glad to hear it.

I am very happy that we are finally coming together as we should. We are brothers. We need each other, not the eu.

So poles forgave even that? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacres_of_Poles_in_Volhynia