“For our common future, for the security of our alliances, we are waiting for reparations from the German state,” said Karol Nawrocki.
“For our common future, for the security of our alliances, we are waiting for reparations from the German state,” said Karol Nawrocki.
Warsaw wants the restitution of 73 historical documents, including the 1422 Treaty of Melno, currently held at an archive in Berlin.
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“I believe the German chancellor will come to his senses” but, if not, “they’ll have a problem”, says Poland’s incoming deputy foreign minister.
Aleks Szczerbiak
The issue offers a way to attack the opposition and mobilise the ruling party’s electorate.
“Germany admits its historical responsibility [but] the issue of reparations is a closed one from the perspective of the German government.”
Reparations “will allow Polish-German relations to be based on justice and truth and will lead to the closing of painful chapters in the past”, says Poland.
The “then allied Germany and USSR” oversaw “occupation, systematic genocide and mass deportations of Polish citizens”, says KO.
Mateusz Morawiecki warned that “Berlin’s inaction seriously calls into question the value of the alliance with Germany”, whose “policies have inflicted tremendous damage on Europe”.
Mateusz Piątkowski
Why is Poland demanding reparations, does it have a valid legal case, and what will happen next?
The German chancellor “is deeply mistaken”, says the Polish MP who oversaw a report on Poland’s reparations claim.
Jarosław Kaczyński also welcomed Israel to join Poland’s claim, as Polish Jews made up a large proportion of those killed.
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki confirmed the formation of a state Institute of War Losses.
A German MP says it is “morally and politically unacceptable” that his country is rejecting Polish compensation demands.
Kaczyński says that Poland deserves war reparations not only from Germany, but also from Russia.