The visit will touch on some of the most painful memories of Europe's past, including a visit by the pope to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, where the Nazis killed 1.5 million people, mostly Jews.

"There I hope especially to meet the survivors of Nazi terror who come from different countries, all of whom suffered under that tragic tyranny," he said in his speech at the airport.

"Together we will pray that the wounds of the past century will heal, thanks to the remedy that God in his mercy has prescribed for us by calling us to forgive each other."

Asked by journalists on the plane how he felt about visiting Auschwitz as a German, Benedict said, "I am above all a Catholic. I must say that this is the most important point."

The crowd at the airport cheered his attempts at Polish, and a choir sang "The Barge," John Paul's favorite song one sign of how the late pope remains a strong presence in Poland more than a year after his death.

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