During the celebration of the anniversary of the outbreak of planet War II, president Karol Nawrocki clearly pointed out the request to regulate the issue of war reparations from Germany. In his speeches in Wieluń and on Westerplatte, he emphasized that the substance was not only a historical duty, but besides a real request of a state which suffered tremendous material and human losses during German aggression in 1939.
In Wieluń, a city that symbolizes German panic against civilians, Nawrocki pointed out that reconciliation with Germany must not be limited to symbolic gestures and requires concrete action:
"Dialogue, cooperation and confession are what we have been waiting for for many years and what is happening. But there is besides a real policy and real needs of our country, as well as the real needs of Wielicania. There is simply a banner “reparations from Germany for Wielonia” for a reason.”
The president besides stressed the importance of Westerplatte as a symbol of Polish resistance:
“We request Westerplatte and Wieluń for our communicative of historical truth. Westerplatte is simply a symbol of struggle, a readiness to defend the Homeland by a Polish soldier; it is an archetype of Polish attitudes, and Wieluń is simply a symbol of suffering. And to tell the fact about ourselves, we request besides a symbol of conflict and suffering."
During the ceremony, Nawrocki explained that the substance of reparation besides has a geopolitical dimension. Poland, as a state on the east flank of NATO, faces an expanding threat from the Russian Federation. In this context, compensation from Germany is not simply a historical demand, but an component in ensuring the region's safety and stability:
"We have many needs: geopolitical needs, defence of NATO's east flank. Germany, paying Poland the reparations, will not origin us to be affected by historical amnesia, but erstwhile and for all we will close a circumstantial issue of redress that is needed for our real, real, final reconciliation, for peace and for the future."
Meanwhile, German media, including Berliner Zeitung, are trying to present the case in a debilitating and formalistic tone. The diary states that Poland has no formal right to reparation, citing earlier post-war agreements:
‘Poland is not entitled to reparations from Germany. The case was settled in the past and formally closed".
The speech of the comment is clearly condescending and underestimates the fact that Poland is inactive facing immense losses left by German aggression. It suggests that Nawrocki's expectations are purely political and symbolic, ignoring the real needs of the nation that fell victim to violent business and mass destruction.
The scale of the harm done by Germany during planet War II was enormous. full cities and villages were destroyed, cultural and historical heritage was demolished, and millions of people lost their lives. Without a real consequence from Germany, the subject of the reparation remains open, and the memory of the suffering of Wielunia and Westerplatte victims cannot be full commemorated.
The deficiency of compensation payments makes real reconciliation difficult, and the German rhetoric that brings the case back to the past is perceived as disrespectful to victims and their families. Poland has consistently stressed that the subject of reparation remains valid and unsealed, and that any reconciliation without real compensation is incomplete
