The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, Radoslaw Sikorski, He asked on Tuesday for “financial compensation” from Germany for the atrocities committed by the Nazism, echoing some demands expressed by the previous government.
Sikorsky, Appointed to the position in December when the current pro-European Executive was formed, he made these statements in Berlin, where he went to meet with his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock.
Interviewed by German television Welt TV after his meeting with Baerbock on the issue of compensation claimed by the previous conservative nationalist government for the abuses of the Nazis, Sikorsky commented: “What Germany did to Poland during World War II was terrible and cruel.”
According to him, it would be useful for Germany to “find a creative way to express that sufferingexpress regret and do something good for the people who survived that period.
“And this ethical reflection on the past should then be translated into financial compensation,” he said, although he did not specify any amount.
Poland demanded US$1.4 billion from Germany for the crimes of Nazism
That issue poisoned already tense relations between the German government and the previous Polish Executive, which considered that Berlin should compensate its citizens with up to 1.3 billion euros ($1.4 billion).
Last year, Germany rejected the claim ensuring that Poland he renounced war reparations in 1953 and confirmed that resignation on several occasions.
“According to the German government, the issue of reparations and compensation for war damage is closed and the German government has no intention of opening negotiations on this issue,” said the government of the then prime minister. Mateusz Morawiecki.
Polish authorities question the validity of the agreement signed in 1953 since, as they point out, the Government was under pressure from the Soviet Union, so would lack legal validity.
Source: Ambito
