- It's a historical day! Poland recovers from Germany invaluable, Polish-Crossive archives, robbed during the war - said Minister of National Culture Marta Cienkowska. A fragment of the sculpture from the 14th century was besides returned. In the opinion of the ministry, it is the most crucial return of the robbed works in the contemporary past of Poland. In addition, the German website ensured that further returns would be made faster.
Robbed during the war 73 parchment documents from XIII-XV century. from the collections of the Main Archives of the Old Act in Warsaw and the head of St. James the Elder - a fragment of sculpture from the 14th century NMP church at the advanced Castle in Malbork - they return from Germany to Poland - the Ministry of Culture informed.
"This is the most crucial and most valuable return of robbed cultural heritage buildings in the contemporary past of Poland" - emphasised the MKiDN in the release.
“Historic Day!” - a fresh phase in Polish-German relations in the area of restitution of cultural goods
— Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (@kultura gov.pl) December 1, 2025
This is the most crucial and most valuable return of robbed cultural heritage objects in the contemporary past of Poland. 73 parchment papers from the 13th-XV centuries return to the country... pic.twitter.com/bJf1JV9JO8
During Monday Intergovernmental consultations in Berlin Minister of Culture and National Heritage Marta Cienkowska submitted 9 restitution applications covering 35 lost monuments to the German side.
Berlin. Germany returns any of the cultural goods robbed Poland
- A historical day! Poland recovers from Germany invaluable Polish-Treaty archives robbed during the war. The head of St. James the Elder returned to Poland, stolen after the war. This is simply a real breakthrough in the 1948 talks of returning stolen works said Minister Cienkowska.
As she added, she received from a typical of the German government for culture and media, Minister Wolfram Weimer the warrant of speeding up subsequent applications.
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Ciekowska thanked the MKiDN Restitution Team, Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Deputy Prime Minister Radosław Sikorski and the teams of the Ministry of abroad Affairs and Chancellery of the Prime Minister.
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