German media on reparations for Poland. It says ‘serious treatment’

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"What does Fucecchio in Italy, Chortiatis in Greece and Ciepiel in Poland connect? Wehrmacht committed terrible massacres there during World War II“ – writes the weekly portal “Spiegel”.

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Reparations. "The memory of crimes is inactive fresh"

According to the authors, the problem in Germany is that most citizens do not know what the military did during the invasion and occupation.

"According to a typical survey, 80 years after the end of planet War II in Europe, 55 percent of Germans can't exchange places in their municipality, which is associated with the era of national socialism. Nearly 40 percent advocated the complete closure of the Nazi past," writes Spiegel.

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‘On the another hand, Italy, Greece and Poland The memory of German war crimes is inactive fresh. Fucecchio, Chortiatis, and Ciepiel are not the only places in which the Wehrmacht and the SS massacred. The business panic consumed countless lives in these 3 countries. There were 5 to six million civilian victims in Poland alone. In 1945, the country was devastated. In the capital, Warsaw, 60 percent of the buildings were destroyed", he stressed.

German portal: Poland has issued an account

"It must be known erstwhile Polish politicians regularly request German reparations for war damage. The Polish expert committee defined in 2022. debt equivalent to EUR 1,3 trillion. The German government under Chancellor Olaf Scholz then refused to pay, arguing that the issue of reparation was 'closed'. Already in 1953, socialist Poland renounced damages from the erstwhile GDR" - recalled the portal pointing out that the then government in Warsaw However, he had no democratic legitimacy and was dependent on Moscow.

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According to the portal, in fact, the German side fears that erstwhile it starts paying off debts, it will not be able to stop. due to the fact that Italy and Greece besides demanded and request crucial reparations.

In Italy, victims of national socialism can receive financial compensation from 2022 – although from the Italian government. It will supply a full of EUR 55 million by 2026.

"German government is morally a loser"

According to ‘Speel’, it gives the worst evidence to the national Republic of Germany. "Legally (German government – ed.) may be right, but Morally, he's a loser.“ The text emphasizes it.

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"Apologising rituals and warm words from German presidents and chancellors are not enough". Friedrich Merz’s fresh German government “should seriously treat requests from Italy, Greece and Poland. Germany must besides meet its historical guilt financially and yet pay its war debts," concludes the author of the text.