In conversations with Bundestag deputies, I pointed out that Germany’s memory policy leaves much to be desired, Deputy Foreign Minister Arkadiusz Mularczyk, who received a delegation from the Polish-German group, told PAP.
Talks took place in Warsaw on Thursday between the deputy head of the Foreign Ministry and representatives of the Polish-German group in the Bundestag. On the German side, they were attended by: Paul Ziemiak (CDU), Nyke Slawik from the Greens, Axel Schäfer from the SPD and Joachim Wundrak from the AfD.
During the meeting, Minister Mularczyk presented a summary report on war losses and spoke about reparations, the lack of a monument to Polish victims of the Third Reich, as well as the lack of symmetry in the funding of Polish education in Germany.
My interlocutors did not know, I had the impression that the war losses report is so well prepared and shows the magnitude of German war crimes and Polish losses in such a synthetic form. I think it made an impression on my interlocutors
– reports the deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
As Mularczyk pointed out, MPs Ziemiak, Slawik and Wundrak pointed out that Germany should compensate the living victims of World War II.
I think that should be the first step that Germany should take
– he said.
Ziemiak and Slawik members were interested in the scope of looted cultural goods and works of art, and that cooperation in this area should be established
– he added, recalling that he had pointed out to Members that after 30 years German law allows works to be traded at auction with stolen works of art, which is not possible in Poland and
I also talked about the looted property of the Union of Poles in Germany, and MPs have also expressed interest here
– reports the Secretary of State.
During the talks, the Polish politician is said to inform German delegates that on May 10, the Constitutional Court will consider the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, from which the principle of judicial immunity of foreign countries in cases involving damages for, among others, derives . war crimes.
I have flagged this subject because there may be lawsuits pending against the German state
– added.
The discussion was not easy. It was a conversation where we presented historically very difficult things, which – I think – my interlocutors were not happy to hear these things
Mularczyk emphasized.
I have pointed out that the memory policy leaves much to be desired and gestures such as the gesture of Willy Brandt (the German Chancellor knelt in Warsaw in 1970 at the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes – PAP) will not replace genuine reconciliation and reparation, which has been met with many reactions. encountered. a nervous response from an SPD MP drawing attention to Brandt’s commitment to reconciliation
he said.
Mularczyk recalled that a meeting with German deputies in the Bundestag is scheduled for May 22.
I am ready to present to the German side a list of people who are living victims of the Second World War
he said.
During its two-day visit, the German delegation met in Warsaw, among other places. with the Minister of the European Union Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk, Vice-President of the Sejm Ryszard Terlecki and President of the Senate Tomasz Grodzki.
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Source: wPolityce