Calls for historical commemoration projects and more compensation for wartime survivors from Germany for suffering it inflicted
Poland 's president, Andrzej Duda , accompanied by Polish veterans and former dissidents, attends celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising against Nazi occupiers. Photograph: Sergei Gapon/AFPOn August 1st, 1944, a 50,000-strong underground Home Army launched a surprise attack that sparked civilian hopes that five years of Nazi rule was ending.
Germany's president Frank-Walter Steinmeier delivers a speech in front of Polish veterans, former dissidents and attendees at the Warsaw Uprising Monument on the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising against Nazi occupiers. Photograph: Sergei Gapon via Getty Images More than conciliatory words, however, many Poles want the German president to make concrete announcements: on new historical projects and additional compensation for remaining wartime survivors.
Finally, while three-quarters were aware of the previous Polish government’s demands for compensation, only 8 per cent of Germans surveyed viewed the claim as justified. The new Polish administration has softened that official line and, last month, prime minister Donald Tusk conceded that the reparations issue “has been addressed in a legal sense, in decisions and government treaties”.
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