A member of the PiS party, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, directed questions to the Marshal of the Sejm, Szymon Hołownia, about the fate of 3,000 people tied to a controversial report. Copies of the study on Poland’s war losses were sent to the Sejm Chancellery warehouses and are kept there, yet they are not ready for distribution. Mularczyk, who previously led the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ parliamentary team on reparations, asked whether the Sejm’s publishing house liquidation could lead to the report edition being sold instead of issued to the public.
It should be recalled that on September 1, 2022, a report detailing Polish war losses was unveiled at the Royal Castle in Warsaw. This work, prepared since September 2017 by the parliamentary team tasked with estimating Germany’s compensation to Poland for wartime damage, involved MP Arkadiusz Mularczyk as its leader. About 30 historians, economists, real estate appraisers, and 10 reviewers contributed to the project.
The report estimates total Polish losses from German aggression during World War II at 6 trillion 220 billion 609 million PLN, a sum translated to 1 trillion 532 billion 170 million US dollars in the document. During the tenth term of the Sejm, a parliamentary team on reparations was formed under Mularczyk’s leadership, reinforcing the focus on this issue.
Further context on the matter has appeared in related items, including notes about the creation of the reparations team and the involvement of PiS President Jarosław Kaczyński among its members.
Mularczyk raises questions to the Sejm Marshal
Recently, Arkadiusz Mularczyk warned online about alarming messages circulating about the report. He questioned whether Sejm copies of the document might be discarded as part of ongoing changes.
In a public message to the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, Mularczyk asked via the official channel of the Sejm’s chancellery about the fate of the publication “Report on the losses suffered by Poland as a result of the German aggression and occupation during the Second World War 1939-1945,” specifically regarding copies stored in the Sejm’s warehouses that have not been distributed.
The PiS deputy asked the following questions: Is it true that the entire distribution of the report has been halted and these copies are kept in a closed Sejm warehouse? Given the liquidation of the Sejm publishing house, is there a risk that the printed edition could be sold? Is the withdrawal of the publishing house and the blocking of distribution connected to the coalition’s stance on demanding German reparations for Poland’s wartime losses? The deputy asked for a prompt and detailed reply from the Chair to clarify these points.
Readers are invited to consider the broader context, including ongoing debates around reparations and the historical accounting of losses suffered during 1939-1945. This report remains a focal point for discussions about Poland’s wartime experiences and the questions of compensation from Germany. [Source: wPolityce]
Additional material on the topic has been circulated in media outlets, underscoring the tension between statements about reparations and the administrative handling of the report. The conversation continues as policymakers, historians, and the public scrutinize the process and its implications for Poland’s postwar restitution agenda. [Source: wPolityce]
Source: wPolityce