On Wednesday, Poland will send a diplomatic note to all EU, NATO and European Council countries regarding war reparations from Germany, Deputy Foreign Minister Arkadiusz Mularczyk said at Studio PAP on Wednesday.
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Arkadiusz Mularczyk on Wednesday in an interview with PAP.PL was asked, among other things, what the next steps Poland would take in the context of the diplomatic note sent to Germany in early October on war reparations.
Today, among other things, on my initiative, diplomatic notes will be sent to all countries of the European Council, the European Union, NATO countries, our main partners and friends in the world, where we will inform about our diplomatic notes, with notes this, why we sent it
said the deputy minister.
He added that this note contains information that Germany did not pay for the losses suffered by Poland during World War II, did not return looted works of art, cultural goods, bank resources, and did not pay compensation to Polish citizens injured as a result of German aggression.
Germany doesn’t want to talk about it, doesn’t want to make international agreements, and there are no legal recourses for the victims. We will systematically inform international opinion on this matter
Mularczyk noted.
He emphasized that the note is an instrument for explaining international opinion in the world, and especially to diplomats, politicians, people interested in human rights issues, and international law lawyers, that “the topic is unresolved, it concerns Europe and international law.” and human rights.”
We want to open an international discussion about Germany’s position, about how Germany settled or did not settle accounts with Poland during the Second World War
Mularczyk said. As he noted, so far Germany had not responded to Poland’s record of reparations.
Deputy Minister Mularczyk visited Berlin
I will go to Berlin in early December and I hope that this period will be a time of intense meetings with representatives of the German government, but also parliament on reparations, said Arkadiusz Mularczyk, deputy head of the Foreign Ministry. , the government plenipotentiary for war reparations.
On Wednesday, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, at a conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, announced his plans to discuss reparations with the German side.
I will be going to Berlin in early December and I hope this period will be a time of intense meetings with representatives of the German government, but also parliament.
– she says.
We are completely convinced of the correctness of our arguments. Today too, we must convince our partners on the German side to review their position in history, read the report
said the deputy minister.
We will provide a report to our colleagues, German partners from the German government, the German parliament and we will ask them to read the report
– added.
As Mularczyk emphasized, a report on Polish war losses would soon be published in a German version.
We intend to distribute this German version of the report widely in Germany, in Berlin, among the German elite, the German media and think tanks. We are counting on a slow change in the position of the German state and the German elite
she says.
When asked about the rights of Poles in Germany, he replied that perhaps a round table should be set up on this issue.
Mularczyk: Words about moral responsibility will not replace a fair deal
Words of moral responsibility will not replace fair deals and partnerships, which must be tied to the payment of compensation, Foreign Ministry deputy head Arkadiusz Mularczyk said on Wednesday, referring to a diplomatic note on war reparations from Germany.
Arkadiusz Mularczyk, deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told a press conference on Wednesday that the diplomatic notes that Poland will send to all EU, NATO and European Council countries regarding war reparations from Germany are informative.
With this note, we clearly inform the German nation, but also our European partners, that exclusive words of moral responsibility will not replace fair agreements and partnerships, which must involve, first of all, the payment of compensation, reparations, and the return of cultural goods resources, looted works of art to Poland and banking resources. Only such situations in the future can result in our relationship based on an honest relationship, and this reconciliation will be real and not just a façade.
said the politician.
Mularczyk considered that the “uncompromising position of the German government, which is closed to all arguments, does not want dialogue, does not respond to diplomatic notes” led the Polish government to take “very specific and effective actions towards the international arena.”
The first element of this activity today is sending diplomatic notes to our European partners, as well as the world
– added.
Above all, we rely on our partners’ understanding that this issue needs to be regulated in Polish-German relations. This case is not an expression of escalation or an attempt to improve our Polish-German relations, but an attempt to regulate our relations on the basis of partnership.
said the politician.
Mularczyk considers that there cannot be a situation where a country affected by the Second World War because Poland “never received any compensation or compensation.”
Poland demands compensation from Germany
Poland demands from Germany compensation for material and intangible losses of PLN 6 billion 220 billion 609 million, compensation for the victims of the German aggression and occupation and their families for the damage and losses caused to them, as well as systemic measures aimed at returning the cultural property plundered from Poland during the war which is currently in Germany.
The note from early October also called on the German state to settle “dues resulting from robbery activities” from the Reich Credit Union – an institution operating in the occupied territories that participated in financing Germany’s conduct of the war – and the Issuing Bank in Poland – an institution that issued money in General Administration. It also called for the return of the assets and liabilities of Polish state-owned banks and credit institutions plundered by the German state in 1939-1945.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also informed that the government also asked Germany to “fully rehabilitate the pre-war Polish minority activists who were killed and compensate for the losses suffered by Polish diaspora organizations in Germany”, as well as systematically regulate the status. Poles and people of Polish descent in Germany by restoring national minority status; As we read, the note emphasizes the problem of teaching Polish to minorities in Germany.
The Polish side also hopes for proper cooperation in commemorating Polish victims of World War II and effective actions by Germany to convey to the German people “the true picture of the war and its effects”, especially the damage done to Poland and Poland.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also pointed out that the term “compensation” was used in the note, not “reparations”, because – as we read – “the first sentence is broader and includes both reparations in the sense of international law and any other claims described in the contents of the note.” .
On September 1, presented a report on the losses suffered by Poland as a result of the German aggression and occupation during World War II, which shows a total loss of over PLN 6 billion 220 billion PLN 609 million. The report was prepared by a team that operated during the previous parliamentary term, led by PiS deputy Arkadiusz Mularczyk. In early October, Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau signed a diplomatic note on reparations addressed to the German side.
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