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Poland to demand 1.3 billion euros in reparations from Germany for damages during World War II

Members of the Historical Reenactment Group prepare for the anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising against the Nazis, August 2022 | Font: EFE/EPA | Photographer: Leszek Szymanski

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The leader of the party in power in Poland announced this Thursday that the Polish government will demand 1.3 trillion euros (similar dollar amount) to Germany for the damage caused to their country during The Second World War.

Warsaw would need Germany “negotiate these reparations,” the president of the Law and Justice Party (PiS) said at a press conference. Yaroslav Kachinskyrecognizing that the road to achieving it will be “long and difficult”.

The amount is equivalent to about one third Gross domestic product (GDP) per year Germanyfourth world economy.

“That’s a significant amount. 6.2 billion”złoty (1.3 trillion euros), said Kaczynskiwho was prime minister in 2006-2007 and deputy minister for security until June.

Poland asks Germany for 1.35 billion compensation for World War II
Head of the Office for Veterans and Victims of Repression Jan Jozef Kasprzyk (2nd from right) during Veterans Day celebrations at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw, Poland | Font: EFE/EPA | Photographer: MATHEUS MAREK

The position of the Polish ruling party

Leader Writeconservative nationalist formation made these remarks during a conference dedicated to the presentation of the report on the losses Poland during The Second World War (1939-1945).

Since coming to power in 2015 Write often raised the issue of reparations. Work on the report began in 2017.

“We not only prepared a report, which is an open document and will certainly be finalized, but also made a decision, a decision on further actions,” he added. Kaczynski”and that action is to ask Germany to negotiate these reparations.”

“This is a decision that we will implement,” he added.

“The Germans have invaded Poland And they did us a lot of harm. The occupation was incredibly criminal, incredibly brutal and caused consequences that in many cases continue to this day.”

According to Germany, Poland refused war reparations East Germany in 1953, which is disputed by Polish conservatives.

East Germany fell under the Soviet orbit (just like Poland) after the world conflict, before the fall Berlin Wall in 1989 and reunion Germany next year.

(According to AFP)

Source: RPP

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