Poland asked Germany for almost £1.3 million in compensation for the Nazi invasion and occupation during World War II.
Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the head of the country’s ruling party, said on Thursday that Poland“obligation” to seek compensation.
Mr. Kaczynski, chairman of the Law and Justice party, speaks after the publication of the report on the cost of the Nazi occupation of Poland.
“We not only prepare the report, but also make decisions about the next steps,” he said.
The report estimates that damage caused by GermanyThe cost of the Polish occupation was 6.2 trillion zyotys (£1.3 million), higher than the estimated $850 million in 2019.
Germany, Poland’s largest trading partner, previously said all financial claims related to the war had been settled.
Mr. Kaczynski’s party has repeatedly called for compensation since coming to power in 2015, but Warsaw has never formally requested compensation.
“The position of the German government remains unchanged: the question of compensation has been closed,” the German Foreign Office said.
An estimated six million Poles, including three million Polish Jews, were killed in the war, and the capital, Warsaw, was destroyed in an uprising in 1944, where nearly 200,000 civilians were killed. .
In 1953, the communist authorities of Poland renounced all claims of reparations under Soviet pressure, which wanted to free East Germany, a Soviet satellite, from all responsibility.
