PiS Chair Jaroslaw Kaczynski said yesterday that statements by the head of the German Foreign Ministry Annalena Baerbock were “to put it mildly, unsatisfactory and completely unfounded”. The German minister yesterday reiterated in Warsaw that the issue of war reparations for Poland is a closed matter.

The day before (October 3), the head of Polish diplomacy Zbigniew Rau signed a diplomatic note on war reparations, which would be submitted to the German Foreign Office. Reports of losses suffered by Poland during World War II calculated that they exceeded PLN 6 billion 220 billion.

Baerbock: Repairs closed, but we have the same future

Annalena Baerbock Referring yesterday (October 4) in Warsaw to a note issued by the Polish government, he asserted that “the issue of reparations from the point of view of the federal government is closed”.

“The good news is that we have a future in common with our European Union, not only our life insurance, especially in the present, but this is our instrument for the future,” stressed the head of the German Foreign Ministry.

He assured that “Germany feels its historical responsibility without any limitations” and that “its eternal duty is to remind of the suffering of millions of Poles caused by Germany”. In addition, Baerbock admits that it is “completely different suffering” than that caused by Germany in other countries, because it is related to “a campaign of repression, Germanization, sheer destruction”.

Kaczyński: This is an attempt to build a barricade, but we will destroy it

“We will raise this issue both in Germany and on an international scale, you could say worldwide, because this answer is – to put it mildly – unsatisfactory and completely unfounded,” Jarosław Kaczyński said on Radio Poland in response to a question about the statement. by the Head of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

“This is a completely non-substantive answer and is typical – if I understand what Ms Baerbock said correctly – it applies to the whole record, which, however, covers a lot of points,” added the PiS president. In his opinion, “the first German response, namely, attempts to build such barricades, now we have to force these barricades.”

“I said from the start it won’t be easy and it will probably last a long time, but we will push it,” he assured.

PiS chief: Germany will change its mind

According to Kaczyński, “a great campaign to make the world aware of what happened in Poland during the Second World War” is necessary, because – as he puts it – outside Poland it is “very exclusive knowledge”. According to him, even in Poland, not everyone is aware of the scope of “crimes, cruelty, robbery, thoughtless destruction, German barbarism”.

“To say that< kami tidak bertanggung jawab untuk itu >> and the issue closes with some meaningless statements in” Trybuna Ludu “(journal of the Polish Workers’ Union Party – the ruling party of the Polish People’s Republic), because it is, it is evidence of the lack of rules to be applied in relations between countries, “trust the president of PiS.

“After some time, Germany will see the consequences, very negative consequences for itself, such an attitude and they will change their minds,” predicts the leader of the ruling party.

The PiS chairman recalled that Germany paid compensation to more than 70 countries, not only for World War II, but even for events prior to World War I. “Namibia is a good example of this, but they turned it down to Poland, referring to events that had no legal significance and even from the legal point of view of the PRL at the time, they were only media related, i.e. without any legal effect,” explains Kaczyński.

On the other hand, when asked about possible US assistance in seeking redress, Kaczyński said that “we have to do it ourselves”. However, he did not rule out coalition partners in this process, but made a reservation that he did not think it was the United States. “It’s about other countries interested in compensation,” he said, citing Greece.

Reports on Polish war losses

On September 1, in Warsaw, a report was presented on the losses suffered by Poland as a result of German aggression and occupation during World War II. The report states that the total amount of Poland’s losses is PLN 6 trillion 220 billion 609 million, which amounts to USD 1 trillion 532 billion 170 million.