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New Polish president demands Germany pay war reparations on invasion anniversary

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New Polish president demands Germany pay war reparations on invasion anniversary

notesfrompoland.com /2025/09/01/new-polish-president-demands-germany-pay-war-reparations-on-invasion-anniversary/

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Did they already bill Russia? The Soviets were as happy as the Nazis to invade Poland, it was the Red Army that destroyed most of the infrastructure later during the war, and the Soviets stole Galicia. Should be a solid claim.
And from Germany they already got Prussia, Pomerania and Silesia for compensation - including one of the two main industrial areas in Germany back then. Do they account for that?
- Galicia was majority Ukrainian. It's the Polish who stole it in the first place during the Soviet-Polish war.
- He is already on Russian payroll so he is satisfied :)
- What has Galicia, the Spaniard coastal autonomous community have anything to do with this?
  
  There is another.
  Edit: After WWII, Russia took polish lands east of the Curzon Line for itself, effectively keeping what it was promised through the Ribbenthrop-Molotov pact. Part of those lands was East Galicia.
Aaaaaand here we go again.
Ah, this again.
Sounds very like playing to a particular audience and diverting attention to cultural issues rather dealing with issues of substance.
This man was endorsed by Donald Trump and Kristi Noem.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/28/g-s1-69278/noem-cpac-poland
That many Poles didn't see it and elected him saddens me : /
- An endorsement from Trump and anyone like him should be an automatic disqualifier.
  
  But in reality a huge part of the human population is insanely stupid and wants Trump and every likewise morons endorsed by him.
Wait, the new president? Isn't demanding reparations from Germany an election campaign thing?
- Polish right wing leaders do this at least once a year. Just like they love to blame everything on the EU while being it‘s strongest recipient.
Germany already does, but in yearly installments.
- That's reparations for capitalism
No nation suffered under Nazi Germany occupation like Poland. A huge percentage of their civilian population where trapped in Towns/Ghettos (warsaw ghetto for example). It traumatized them hard.
Poland has elections again?
- Had

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