The German government has formally rejected Poland’s request to negotiate compensation for damage suffered during World War II, the Polish Foreign Ministry announced Tuesday.
“According to the German government, the issue of reparations and compensation for damages due to the war is closed and the German government has no intention of opening negotiations on this issue,” according to a statement published by diplomacy after receiving an official response. of Berlin.
Poland added that it will continue to demand compensation for “German aggression and occupation between 1939-1945.”
In September, Poland estimated World War II losses at about 1.3 trillion euros and sent a formal diplomatic note to Berlin asking for compensation.
Poland says it is a “political and legal” issue
“The position of the German Government on the note is wrong. The question of compensation to Poland for the consequences of the Second World War, which has not been accounted for until today, is open not only from a moral point of view, but also from a political and legal point of view,” the deputy minister said on Twitter. Polish Foreign Minister Arkadiusz Mularczyk.
“An international campaign awaits us, but I am sure we will win for Poland and the Poles!” he added.
Germany maintains that Poland renounced war reparations in 1953 and that it confirmed this position on several occasions. Berlin has maintained the same arguments before the demands for compensation raised in the past by Greece.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock rejected the request during a visit to Warsaw in October, stating that for Berlin the issue is a closed chapter.
Conservatives in power in Poland question the validity of the 1953 agreement, saying their country was then under pressure from the Soviet Union.
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