Surprising Finding! The largest compensation for World War II from the German budget was received by Germany, especially expelled Germans and victims of the NSDAP, wrote Hanna Radziejowska, head of the Pilecki Institute in Berlin, on Twitter. He calculated that a total of 89 billion euros went to Germany and German citizens, and to all other victims of crime and the German occupation – 65 billion euros.
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Germany received 89 billion euros, victims – 65 billion euros
The head of the Berlin branch of the Pilecki Institute pointed out in an interview with the PAP that German Ministry of Finance documents show that Germany paid the largest compensation to German citizens for their crimes and destruction during World War II.
After the war, Germany paid its citizens the most for all the crimes and losses of World War II. This is what the data shows
– he says.
Based on documents from the German Ministry of Finance, Radziejowska reports that the German population, as a result of the defeat of the Third Reich to leave Eastern Europe (the so-called expulsion), received EUR 75 billion, and German citizens who were Jews, politically persecuted people or because of their sexual orientation, and the victims of the T4 action, which involved the killing of the disabled and mentally ill, received 14 billion euros.
According to Radziejowska’s estimates, this means that Germany receives 89 billion euros, and “all other victims of crimes and the German occupation receive 65 billion euros”, which includes “compensation paid, inter alia, on the basis of bilateral agreements with Israel, money for victims of forced labor. and victims of medical trials, compensation based on treaties between countries”.
After the war, West Germany faced great social problems and the challenge of building a new nation in which the 15 million expelled people had to find themselves. And this action helps to overcome the big crisis
– he shows.
The amount of EUR 75 billion awarded by the head of the Berlin branch of IP was paid under the “Lastenausgleichsgesetz Act (Lastenausgleichsgesetz) 1952, where “financial compensation is provided to Germans who suffer property damage or other inconveniences as a result of World War II and the consequences of -as a result.” “.
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Compensation was paid to the Germans “who were expelled from the area east of the rivers Oder and Neisse; from areas that did not previously belong to the Reich; refugees from Soviet or East German occupation zones (refugees); those who have suffered damage, for example by bombs or other weapons”
– Radziejowska remembers data.
He also pointed out that Germany paid a total of about 79 billion euros in compensation for wrongdoing and crimes committed by the Third Reich, of which 48.5 billion was paid under the BEG, i.e. the 1953 federal compensation law, which “mainly applied to victims Germany The Reich, not a victim of German-occupied Europe.”
Radziejowska cites sources as saying that the BEG does not attach a claim to German citizenship, but to a territorial principle, therefore those who are persecuted living in Germany are taken into account, as well as those who at the time of persecution had their “residence”. or permanent residence in the Reich region on the border from 1937, and now they live somewhere in the Western world. “
West Germany’s compensation law does not cover foreign victims of National Socialism because their claims must be settled as reparations under international law, German sources cited by Radziejowska said.
The head of the Pilecki Institute in Berlin says at the end of the bibliography:
“To this day, there is still no monument to the Polish victims in Berlin “
After Poland’s report of war losses was published, a statement was made that Germany wanted to regain the West, and those expelled would demand compensation. But the data show that this was the social group that received the most compensation after World War II
– said the director of the Pilecki Institute in Berlin.
For thirty years, the Germans have repeated the need to remember Polish victims and complain about the lack of knowledge in Germany about German crimes in occupied Poland. But to this day, there is still no monument to the Polish victims in Berlin, and Polish history is not taught in the core curriculum of German schools.
– he emphasized.
Most German criminals were never convicted after the war. Therefore, despite various noble initiatives, for decades the German state did something different from what was declared
– he added.
In the opinion of the researcher, Germany “contravenes its image in the world as an example of excessive toil of its mistakes in the world, not drawing sufficient conclusions to lead to the catastrophe of World War II”, which – in his opinion – is evidenced by economic, cultural and political cooperation. for many years with Russia, among others . construction of the Nord Stream I and Nord Stream II gas pipelines.
Timothy Snyder wrote that Germany co-financed the war in Ukraine. If our neighbors respect the history of Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, they will learn what Russia is. Today, the consequences of their ignorance are paid for by Ukraine and half of Europe
– he says.
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