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On the day 83 years after the Nazi invasion of Poland, the country is now seeking compensation from Germany. The equivalent of around 14,000 billion Swedish kronor will pay for repairs to what was damaged and destroyed in the Second World War.
Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party, states that it is Poland’s “obligation” to seek compensation for the damage inflicted on his country by the German Nazi occupation.
According to the Polish government, the country – the first to be invaded by Hitler’s forces – has not been adequately compensated for the five years Poland was under German occupation.
Since 2017, around 30 economists, historians and other experts have worked on the report on compensation that was released today. The issue has created tensions between Poland and Germany, which are now close cooperation partners within the EU. Germany believes that sufficient compensation was already paid out in the years after the end of the war and that the matter is thus settled.
Around six million Poles, including three million Jews, were killed in World War II. Poland’s industries and infrastructure suffered heavy economic losses.