"Question of responsibility": Poland clings to demands for reparation

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Sunday, October 28, 2018

Time and time again, the Polish government is asking Germany for further compensation for damage caused during the Second World War. These are still not balanced more than 70 years after the end of the war. Shortly before a meeting in Warsaw, the subject is again discussed.

Polish President Andrzej Duda wants to keep open the question of German reparations for the Second World War. "In my opinion, the payment of reparations is not a settled subject," Duda told the "Bild am Sonntag" a few days before the German-Polish intergovernmental consultations in Warsaw.

He evoked the opinion of former President Lech Kaczynski, who died in a plane crash in 2010. These show "that the war damage caused in Poland has never been compensated ". Reports included the damage in the capital, Warsaw, made equivalent to the land. "The intermediate results of the Parliament's expert team confirm that our losses have not been compensated, so it is a question of truth and responsibility", said Mr. Duda. The Federal Government still rejects these requests by invoking a Polish derogation.

Duda met at the beginning of the week in Berlin with Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Chancellor Angela Merkel. During a visit to Steinmeier in Warsaw in June, it was agreed to jointly remember the outbreak of World War II next year. Now, according to Duda, a temporary location has been found. The great commemoration will take place in the central Polish city of Wielun. Here are the first German bombs, which caused great losses to the civilian population, said Duda. The Second World War began on September 1, 1939 with the invasion of Poland by Germany.

Source: n-tv.de