Poland intensifies its demand for WWII reparations
Date
12/11/2022 8:25:58 AM
(MENAFN) Poland's new representative in Berlin, Dariusz Pawlos, claimed on Saturday that the country has no plans to end the discussion of Germany's WWII reparations. Warsaw handed its neighbor a hefty euro1.3 trillion (USD1.37 trillion) reparations bill earlier this fall.
According to Pawlos, Warsaw "does not think so," even if the German government "considers the issue to be legally closed," according to Die Welt. He pointed out that a third of Poland's population was killed by the Nazis during World War II, and that the two nations never signed a peace treaty following the war that would have resolved any reparations disputes.
Although the ambassador acknowledged that the reparations problem is "painful" for all parties concerned, he also said that the continuing crisis in Ukraine shouldn't prevent it from being resolved since "there is no good time for such a demand."
Pawlos also mentioned that “I think it is important, especially in times of war, to remember that war crimes do not expire.”
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