Otwock hopes that the Świdermajer style can be “revived in our town and be an inspiration to residents”.
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Polish town that was first to be attacked in WWII calls for reparations from Germany
“We have every right to demand that Germany unambiguously takes moral, political, historical and legal responsibility for the losses.”
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