“The topic of Germany’s unwillingness to talk is not widely known in the world. Even in Europe. It is only for some time that these actions of ours, about which we inform our partners e.g. through the formula of a note, that they reach the awareness of Europeans. That this is an unresolved problem in Polish-German relations, that Germany committed terrible crimes and destruction, and has still not paid. The world did not know about these things before. The world did not know about the fact that Germany did not pay reparations to Poland”, said Deputy Foreign Minister Arkadiusz Mularczyk.
On 1 September 2022, a report on Polish war losses caused by the Germans in the years 1939-1945 was presented at the Royal Castle in Warsaw. The total amount of losses suffered by Poland as a result of the German invasion is 6,220,609 million PLN. The size of the Polish population loss solely due to Germany was estimated at 5,219,053 people. 21 per cent of these were children under the age of 10.
Arkadiusz Mularczyk emphasised that from the beginning of the year, the Polish government will conduct an information campaign in Germany and will intervene with major international organisations.
“We have sent more than 50 notes to the countries of the European Union, the Council of Europe and NATO, so this issue is already known in our cultural and civilisation milieu, among our allies. We have also applied to UNESCO – with the level of intervention in the case of works of culture stolen from us,” said Mularczyk, adding that on 3 January he also applied to the Council of Europe, and soon we will also send a request to the UN, with the request to intervene in this area.
“We are asking to intervene in this matter, to create a certain platform for dialogue with Germany, which does not want to conduct this dialogue”, he stated.
He pointed out that the activities carried out over the last three months are aimed at “internationalising the issue” and making politicians, diplomats aware that this problem remains unresolved.
Adrian Andrzejewski