Warsaw wants the restitution of 73 historical documents, including the 1422 Treaty of Melno, currently held at an archive in Berlin.
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Majority of Poles want government to seek war reparations from Germany
The findings come days after Donald Tusk indicated that his government would not continue its predecessor’s push for reparations.
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Why has the Polish government raised the German war reparations issue?
Aleks Szczerbiak
The issue offers a way to attack the opposition and mobilise the ruling party’s electorate.
“The issue is closed”: Germany rejects Poland war reparations demand
“Germany admits its historical responsibility [but] the issue of reparations is a closed one from the perspective of the German government.”
Poland issues diplomatic note to Germany seeking war reparations
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.
Polish opposition wants war reparations from Russia as well as Germany
The “then allied Germany and USSR” oversaw “occupation, systematic genocide and mass deportations of Polish citizens”, says KO.
“If Ukraine were dependent on Germany for defence it would no longer exist,” says Polish PM
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”.
The legal questions behind Poland’s claim for war reparations from Germany
Mateusz Piątkowski
Why is Poland demanding reparations, does it have a valid legal case, and what will happen next?
Scholz rejects Poland’s war reparation demand, saying issue already “settled”
The German chancellor “is deeply mistaken”, says the Polish MP who oversaw a report on Poland’s reparations claim.
Poland to seek war reparations from Germany to cover losses of $1.3 trillion
Jarosław Kaczyński also welcomed Israel to join Poland’s claim, as Polish Jews made up a large proportion of those killed.
Poland renews push for war reparations amid signs new German coalition may be more amenable
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki confirmed the formation of a state Institute of War Losses.
Germany donates €60 million for Auschwitz preservation but rejects Polish war reparation demands
A German MP says it is “morally and politically unacceptable” that his country is rejecting Polish compensation demands.
“Poles should pay us for liberating them”: Russia responds to Kaczyński’s WW2 reparations call
Kaczyński says that Poland deserves war reparations not only from Germany, but also from Russia.
