– The declaration by president Nawrocki is very crucial for the substance of reparation.
It shows that the subject will proceed and I think that the words that president Nawrocki addressed to the Polish public are besides heard in Germany. Both the German political class and the fresh administration are aware that this is simply a subject that will be very advanced on the agenda of Polish-German political talks – says Newseria Arkadiusz Mularczyk, associate of the European Parliament from the Law and Justice Office.
It is not adequate to make a one-time motion or initiative. This must be dialogue.
“Polish society powerfully supports the subject of reparations and damages from Germany, according to many polls it is over 65% and absolutely temporary stone does not solve the problem of Polish-German relations in the field of historical accounts.
– A one-off motion or initiative is not enough. This must be a dialogue, and possibly the preparation of a fresh bilateral agreement, a fresh Polish-German treaty, which would regulate all areas resulting from the effects of planet War II," says Arkadiusz Mularczyk. He stresses that this process will not be easy due to the fact that it requires consistency and firmness, but sees an chance in the presidency of Karol Nawrocki, who has already declared to proceed his efforts in this area. According to the Euro MP, the administration of Donald Trump may support the Polish-German dialogue.
Poles powerfully support German reparations and damages
– The declaration by president Nawrocki is very crucial for the substance of reparation. It shows that the subject will proceed and I think that the words that president Nawrocki addressed to the Polish public are besides heard in Germany. Both the German political class and the fresh administration are aware that this is simply a subject that will be very advanced on the agenda of Polish-German political talks," says Arkadiusz Mularczyk. “Polish society powerfully supports the subject of reparations and damages from Germany, according to many polls it is over 65% and absolutely temporary stone does not solve the problem of Polish-German relations in the field of historical accounts.
The temporary stone is late unveiled in Berlin "The Memorial Stone for Poland 1939–1945", which is to commemorate the victims of planet War II in Poland. This initiative has met with large criticism in any politicians and in the media, by many of them identified as inadequate and historically unworthy.
It's not adequate to make a one-time gesture.
"We expect, and I think, that this will be the main goal of president Nawrocki's policy to encourage the Germans to enter into dialog on this issue, due to the fact that it is not adequate to make a one-time initiative here, it must be to enter into dialogue, or possibly to prepare a fresh bilateral agreement, a fresh Polish-German treaty, which would regulate all those areas that resulted from the effects of planet War II. We are talking both about reparations, compensations and compensation for the families of victims, but besides about restitution, return of stolen cultural goods, works of art – mentions the Euro MP of the Law and Justice. “This is so a powerful area of issues and topics that cannot be solved by a single gesture, a memorial or any form of one-off payment, it must be a very serious dialogue, which will end with simply signing the Polish-German treaty.
The MEP hopes to support Donald Trump's administration in this respect, which has strong support for judaic communities both in the US and in Israel.
The war losses of Poland amounted to PLN 6 trillion 220 billion 609 million
– Israel has fought for reparations from Germany for compensation for decades. Of course, judaic communities in the United States and a number of organizations that powerfully supported these claims in the American administration, in legislature – says Arkadiusz Mularczyk. – I think present there is simply a possible field and climate for talks with the American administration, but besides with judaic communities on this subject. So I think it's a process that just has to continue.
The politician emphasizes that this process will not be fast and easy, so if it is to be successful, it must be conducted continuously and systematically. The first step was to prepare a study on this subject, on which experts of various cognition and parliamentary disciplines worked between 2017 and 2020 The squad liable for assessing the amount of compensation owed to Poland by Germany for harm caused during planet War II. It follows that the war losses of Poland after summing up all partial values, including personal, material losses, in the fields of cultural goods and art, banking, insurance, amounted to PLN 6 trillion 220 billion 609 million. Moreover, Poland lost over 5.2 million citizens in 1939–1945 as a consequence of the actions of Germany. Over 2.1 million were exported to slave labor, where they worked for 4,881,000 years in total. The value of their unpaid work was estimated at 250 gross for 1 period of the work of each forced worker. The study besides showed immense losses of Polish intelligence. Among dentists, individual losses amounted to nearly 70%, among lawyers – over 55 percent, 40 percent among doctors and 20 percent among academic teachers.
The Sejm adopted a resolution calling on the government to search compensation for war harm from Germany
In 2022 the study was submitted to the German co-operation coordinator with Poland and the German Deputy Minister for abroad Affairs. On 14 September 2022, the Sejm adopted a resolution calling on the government to search compensation for war harm caused by Germany during planet War II. He called on the German Government to "clearly accept political, historical, legal and financial responsibility" for all the consequences suffered by Poland and its citizens as a consequence of the 3rd Reich's decision to launch planet War II. The resolution was adopted practically unanimously by all parties sitting in parliament.
