Poland asked the UN for help in obtaining reparations from Germany
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Warsaw appealed to the UN with a call to assist in obtaining reparations from Berlin for the damage caused by Nazi Germany during the Second World War, declared Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Arkadiusz Mulyarchik on the air of Polish Radio.
“We are sending a request to the UN for intervention in this matter. I also asked for a meeting with the UN Secretary General and the specialized agencies, the President of the UN General Assembly and the High Commissioner for Human Rights. We are taking very intensive action,” he said.
Poland also raised the issue of reparations through UNESCO and the Council of Europe, the diplomat added. The goal of Warsaw, he said, is to inform the international community about the existence of the problem of “unrecorded crimes.”
On September 14, the Polish parliament adopted a resolution in which it called on the political leadership of the FRG to “unconditionally assume political, historical, legal and financial responsibility” for all the harm inflicted by Nazi Germany on the Polish people. The resolution notes that Warsaw has never received any compensation.
At the end of October, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland published a complete list of claims to Germany for compensation for damage caused during the Second World War. In particular, Poland demands from Germany to compensate for material and non-material losses in the amount of 6.2 trillion zlotys, or $1.3 trillion, to pay compensation to the victims of “German aggression and occupation” and their families, to return to Poland “stolen” cultural values that are now located in Germany.
The head of the Polish Foreign Ministry, Zbigniew Rau, said that the trauma inflicted by Germany during the war years “slows down the possibility of further development and deepening of Polish-German relations.” In turn, German Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock noted that Germany is aware of “its historical responsibility”, but considers the issue of reparations closed.
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