Poland to seek $1.3 trillion in WWII reparations from Germany: report

[rvZA]

The Polish government announced it will seek $1.3 trillion in reparations from Germany stemming from the Nazi invasion and five-year occupation of Poland during World War II.

"We will turn to Germany to open negotiations on the reparations," Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the leader of Poland's Law and Justice party, said Thursday, according to a report in The Washington Post.

Kaczynski's comments came during a ceremony revealing the results of a report on the cost of Nazi Germany's invasion and occupation of Poland. The results of the report, which was compiled by more than 30 economists, historians and other experts since 2017, were released on the same day Poland marked the 83-year anniversary of the invasion of Poland and beginning of World War II in Europe.

"We not only prepared the report but we have also taken the decision as to the further steps," Kaczynski said during the ceremony, noting that the process for obtaining reparations from neighboring Germany will be a "long and not an easy path" but "one day will bring success."

Poland to seek $1.3 trillion in WWII reparations from Germany: report

Poland will demand $1.3 trillion in reparations from Germany for the cost inflicted on the country during World War II, the country's government announced Thursday.

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[rvZA]

Germany should tell these money-hungry twats to f**k right off. Perhaps a good time to start breaking up the EU.

 

[Unhappy438]

Misleading headline/first line, not the Polish government.

 

[WizardOfAges]

Misleading headline, not the Polish government.

What do you expect from Fox News...

 

[Unhappy438]

What do you expect from Fox News...

To be fair it's not just fox that isn't giving the full picture here.

It's PIS party that does this come election time always. It won't happen, Poland got land and infrastructure after WW2.

 

[Harold_Crick]

Tricky one.

The Soviet Union forced the post-war Polish government to withdrew its reparation claims against the East German government in 1953 while simultaneously forcing East Germany to cede territory to Poland in return. West Germany paid compensation to survivors of camps in the process.

Post German reunification, Germany paid a further US$8 billion in reparations to survivors of the various camps.

The question is, which legal agreements trump which; East or West German? Can Poland claim against the reunified German government or does the 1953 agreement with East Germany nullify this?

 

[R13...]

So Poland got invaded and coopeted into the war by Germany, but it seems like some there were willing participants and retain those attitudes to this day. Or is it that they got indoctrinated and remain so after Hitler took the country over? Not sure.