Poland suffered the most at the hands of Germany during World War II and felt the effects of the devastation decades after its end. So they cannot say that the case of compensation is closed, Deputy Foreign Minister Arkadiusz Mularczyk wrote on the website on Friday. from the British Daily Mail.
“We are proud to have stood shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine”
As he points out, the memory of World War II, albeit difficult, is essential because the attack on Westerplatte was followed by six years of terror culminating in the Holocaust, genocide, ethnic cleansing and an attempt to liquidate Poles and Polish Jews . , and the Polish nation would once again be erased from the map.
Commemorating World War II means not only remembering the magnitude of the devastation wrought by the most brutal regime the world has ever seen, but also remembering the people and individuals who suffered at the hands of the Germans. barbarism. Many of these victims are still alive – can relate what they witnessed and preserve the stories of those they saw killed – and continue to suffer material losses and physical injuries. They never received the compensation they owed
– emphasizes Arkadiusz Mularczyk.
The deputy head of the foreign ministry writes that Poland suffered the most among all European countries at the hands of Germany, and that it took Poland 30 years to return to pre-war population and GDP levels.
Despite the tragic loss of human resources that has plagued Poland for decades, Poland’s recovery has accelerated in recent years. We are proud to have stood shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression, and our country has warmly welcomed Ukrainian refugees fleeing Putin’s wrath. We have strengthened our armed forces and re-armed the Ukrainian army, while developing our own armed forces so that we would never again suffer occupation. Our economy has become the most prosperous economy in Europe since the collapse of the Soviet Union, so much so that the Polish economy is expected to overtake France’s by the end of the decade.
– mentions the deputy head of Polish diplomacy.
Bittersweet successes
However, he points out that these successes, while real, are bittersweet when you consider how far Poland could have gone without World War II. And that is why a year ago the Polish government published the “Report on the losses incurred by Poland as a result of the German aggression and occupation during the Second World War”.
As a result of the loss of life, financial loss, infrastructure destruction, theft of state property and irreparable cultural devastation Poland has suffered, Germany has caused losses worth £1.1 trillion. Since the total was published in September 2022, this figure is not in dispute. This is due to the extraordinary performance of the experts who wrote the report and the accepted international models they used to calculate Poland’s losses.
– explains Arkadiusz Mularczyk.
As he argues, looking back at the anniversary of the invasion of Poland and the publication of the report, we can again see that one country wants to dominate the other, trying to avoid justice. He points out that since the report was published, Poland has tried to enter into a dialogue with Germany to resolve the issue, but they are refusing to discuss the compensation owed to the Poles, and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said that “closed” the issue and instructed the German ambassadors to ignore the Polish ones.
Any claim that the compensation issue has been closed is a deliberate and dangerous misreading of history, based on false information and willful ignorance
emphasizes Mularczyk.
“At the forefront of the international agenda
He explains that the German position is usually based on the alleged renunciation of claims by Poland’s communist authorities in 1953 or on the 1990 ‘two plus four’ agreement, which led to the reunification of Germany and allegedly Germany’s obligations in connection with the war. World War II, but as he emphasizes, Poland did not participate in this process, so it could not refer to the issue of reparations.
The issue of reparations is at the top of the international agenda as we have all united to make Russia atone for its terrible and devastating invasion of Ukraine. In international affairs, however, nothing happens without negotiations and dialogue. To ensure European solidarity and send the message to Russia that illegal wars cannot go unanswered, it is important that Germany takes the necessary steps to discuss this issue with us openly and honestly.
Mularczyk concludes.
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Source: wPolityce