The Polish ambassador said that the issue of reparations from Germany is not closed
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Polish Ambassador to Germany Dariusz Pavlosh said in an interview with the Welt newspaper that Warsaw does not consider the issue of receiving reparations from Berlin for the damage caused by Nazi Germany during the Second World War closed.
“Indeed, the federal government (Germany) considers this issue closed from a legal point of view. We don’t count,” said Pavlosh (quote from RIA Novosti).
The ambassador also said that Poland lost a third of its population as a result of the war, and in the post-war period, according to him, there was no agreement that would regulate the demands for reparations. According to Pavlosh, there is a lot of public support for the reparations initiative.
“The largest opposition party is currently also in favor of reparations and supported the decision on this issue in the Polish Sejm,” the ambassador said.
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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