The German federal government considers the cases related to reparations for the losses caused by Nazi Germany in the Second World War to be closed, said the spokesperson of the German Foreign Ministry in relation to Polish Deputy Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski's announcement in Warsaw about reparations claims.
As reported by 2022 plus , Jaroslaw Kaczynski - the leader of the ruling right-wing Law and Justice Party (PiS) - announced on the occasion of the 83rd anniversary of Nazi Germany's attack on Poland that, based on a parliamentary analysis, his country is worth more than HUF 500,000 billion suffered losses as a result of the attack and the Nazi occupation, and the government will seek reparations from Germany for this.
According to the unchanged position of the German federal government, all issues related to World War II reparations have been closed.
Poland, too, "a long time ago, in 1953, renounced all further reparations and has confirmed this decision several times," wrote the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement sent to news agencies.
He emphasized that closing the reparations case is one of the cornerstones on which "today's European order is built." At the same time, Germany continues to bear its moral and political responsibility for the Second World War.
He explained: According to Berlin's point of view, the foreign policy aspects of German reunification, including reparations issues, are settled by the agreement concluded in 1990 between the two Germanys and the four occupying powers (the United States, the United Kingdom, France and the Soviet Union) - the so-called two plus four treaty - which officially ended World War II in Europe.
The treaty was accepted by the then members of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, including Poland, by signing the Paris Charter establishing the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
On the occasion of the anniversary, a commemoration was also held in Berlin, at the Kroll Opera House, which was demolished in 1951 due to World War II bombings, i.e. in the area of the former downtown building in which Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler announced the launch of the attack on Poland 83 years ago.
At the commemoration organized by the German-Polish Institute (DPI), which serves to develop cooperation between the two countries, State Minister for Culture Claudia Roth emphasized that everything must be done to ensure that everything that happened in Poland during the Nazi dictatorship is fixed in the common memory.
Russia's war against Ukraine also shows how big a problem Germany has with the lack of knowledge and, therefore, sensitivity to neighboring Eastern European countries, said Roth.
Source: MTI
Photo: MTI/EPA/Clemens Bilan
