We demand reparations from Germany; we also call on the Poles to get involved in the citizens’ initiative ‘We settle the Germans’, which aims to support the Polish government in putting pressure on Germany, said the former president of the March of Independence Association, Robert Bakiewicz, on September 1.
On the 84th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, Robert Bąkiewicz, together with Deputy Minister of Justice Sebastian Kaleta and Deputy Minister of Agriculture Janusz Kowalski, laid a wreath and lit candles under a plaque commemorating the first bombing of Warsaw by the Germans in 1939. 76 Obozowa Street.
We meet here today, September 1, on the anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, the brutal, treacherous German invasion of Poland. This is where the first civilian casualties of World War II in Warsaw were located. This is where the war in Warsaw started and we wanted to be here every year to commemorate these tragic events
Bąkiewicz later said at a press conference.
German reparations
As he said: “we are here not only to commemorate these events, not only to pay tribute to the victims, defenders of the Republic of Poland, but also to remember that the Federal Republic of Germany to this day bears the bills for the World Republic has not settled. WWII”.
From here we demand that the Federal Republic of Germany pay reparations and compensation to Poland, which it has not yet paid. From this place we also want to call on Polish citizens, on Poles, to get involved in the citizens’ initiative “We settle the Germans”, which aims to support the Polish government and Polish authorities in reducing the pressure on the Federal Republic of Germany.
noted Bukiewicz.
He added that all information about this initiative can be found on the website www.reparacje.info.
There you can download sheets for collecting signatures, we need 100,000. that this citizens’ initiative would be voted on by the Sejm
emphasizes Bukiewicz.
Kaleta also said that today we pay tribute to those who were killed by the Germans during World War II. He added that it was 84 years ago at ul. Obozowa 76, the first bomb dropped in Warsaw.
Here began the long ordeal of the inhabitants of the Polish capital, which ended with the destruction of the city by the Germans, who, out of hatred for Poles, wanted not only to kill them, but also to deprive them of their property. their own capital, their own cultural heritage, their own material and spiritual heritage
– stressed the Deputy Head of Member States.
“We will settle the Germans
He noted that Poland is demanding reparations from Germany.
These mistakes have not been corrected to this day, and therefore it is necessary to remind, it is necessary to say that these gigantic, unimaginable German crimes have not been brought to justice. And here we pay symbolic tribute to all citizens of Warsaw who perished because of the German aggression
said Kaleta.
Kowalski said that in September 1939 his grandfather, Franciszek Roch Kowalski, fought as a soldier of the Polish army against the German invader “who treacherously attacked the Republic of Poland”.
Today, on the 84th anniversary of this treacherous German attack, when we will also hear round words from German politicians: “I’m sorry, we remember”, we as a Polish nation respond that we demand reparations.
– added.
I am in favor of this issue being raised consistently in every international and national forum. We – as a Polish nation, as Poles – are obliged to do this and we owe it to those Varsovians, those Poles who died here at Obozowa 76, who did not let their children go to school on September 1 because this building, this whole house estate was bombed
– emphasized the Deputy Minister.
We will hold the Germans accountable and consistently demand reparations, because the crime must be punished and accounted for.
Kowalski added.
September 1 last year presented a report on the losses suffered by Poland as a result of the German aggression and occupation during World War II. October 3 last year Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau signed a diplomatic note to the German side about reparations. In it, Poland demands, among other things: compensation for material and immaterial losses in the amount of PLN 6 billion 220 billion 609 million and compensation for damage.
3 January this year The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports that the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs has responded to this note. According to the German government, the issue of reparations and compensation for war losses remains closed and the German government does not intend to enter into negotiations.
READ ALSO:
— Robert Bąkiewicz will start from last on the PiS list in Radom. Marek Suski: It was submitted by Sovereign Poland
“Drang nach Osten” alive forever? Ziobro: On the anniversary of the outbreak of war, the descendants of German murderers attack the Polish government
pn/PAP/Twitter
Source: wPolityce