| Au pas de Charge | 16 Dec 2023 8:34 a.m. PST |
from Germany
Poland's foreign minister on Monday signed an official note to Germany requesting the payment of about $1.3 USD trillion in reparations for the damage incurred by occupying Nazi Germans during World War II. Main Page: link |
jurgenation  | 16 Dec 2023 8:45 a.m. PST |
They received Silesia, Pommern, half of East Prussia ,West Prussia and Danzig..paid in full |
| David Manley | 16 Dec 2023 9:07 a.m. PST |
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| Royston Papworth | 16 Dec 2023 9:16 a.m. PST |
Welcome back David – hope you are back to 100% now! Doesn't Poland raise this every couple of years , like Bolivia and the Chilean coast… |
| donlowry | 16 Dec 2023 9:29 a.m. PST |
Have the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, France, Denmark, Norway, Czech, Slovakia, the former parts of Yugoslavia, Greece, the Baltic states, Belorus, Ukraine and/or Russia asked for reparations? (I may have forgotten a few.) |
| Deucey | 16 Dec 2023 9:36 a.m. PST |
JP2 (a Pole ironically) declared a Year of Jubilee during his pontificate. That means all debts are forgiven. Mosaic law called for that same thing every 50 years. Maybe it's time we set aside the hurts committed and suffered by the long dead and deal with our own current problems. |
| Andrew Walters | 16 Dec 2023 10:05 a.m. PST |
And Venezuela wants 2/32s of Guyana. How long until Italy demands all of the Roman Empire back? Macedonia should get Iran back. Argentina should pay for the destruction from the Falklands war. Let's get this all cleaned up! |
| Korvessa | 16 Dec 2023 10:57 a.m. PST |
I should think the years under the Soviet Unioon held them back just as well |
| Au pas de Charge | 16 Dec 2023 11:06 a.m. PST |
They should sue Putin too |
| Frederick | 16 Dec 2023 12:24 p.m. PST |
If we go down this road, Mexico may want Texas and California back – or maybe just Texas |
| Col Piron | 16 Dec 2023 1:12 p.m. PST |
Wonder if Russia could ask for Alaska back ? |
 Dal Gavan | 16 Dec 2023 1:39 p.m. PST |
Story from 2022 Good to see you posting, David. I hope you're feeling a lot better. Poland's foreign minister on Monday signed an official note to Germany requesting the payment of about $1.30 USD USD trillion in reparations for the damage incurred by occupying Nazi Germans during World War II. This wouldn't be greedy politicians and lawyers looking for any excuse to make scads of money, would it? jurgenation +1 |
| Andrew Walters | 16 Dec 2023 1:49 p.m. PST |
I suspect, at the very heart, it's pre-election, chest-thumping, flag-waving nationalism. For its weighty and numerous downsides, nationalism gets people to the polls. |
| 4th Cuirassier | 16 Dec 2023 2:04 p.m. PST |
Argentina should pay Britain reparations for the costs of the Falklands War. And the 'Hand of God' goal too. |
| JMcCarroll | 16 Dec 2023 3:31 p.m. PST |
Let's not get started on what China wants. |
| Deucey | 16 Dec 2023 4:08 p.m. PST |
China won't ask. China will take. …or buy. |
| Dal Gavan | 16 Dec 2023 4:50 p.m. PST |
I suspect, at the very heart, it's pre-election, chest-thumping, flag-waving nationalism. Good point, Andrew. So still about people getting money- in this case well-paid politician slots? |
| Gozerius | 16 Dec 2023 4:57 p.m. PST |
Attn: COL PIRON,
We paid cash money for that. |
| Disco Joe | 16 Dec 2023 8:18 p.m. PST |
I think they should make it an even $2 USD trillion. |
| Stryderg | 16 Dec 2023 11:46 p.m. PST |
Let's see, WWII ended somewhere around 1945, subtract that from 2023, carry the one, uhh, carry another one, and yeah, I think they are a little late. Probably should have asked around 1950 or so. |
| Cerdic | 17 Dec 2023 7:00 a.m. PST |
Gozerius – did you keep the receipt? |
| Gozerius | 17 Dec 2023 7:28 a.m. PST |
Filed in the Library of Congress.😉 |
| Marc33594 | 17 Dec 2023 8:44 a.m. PST |
Cerdic in case you are thinking Gozerius is kidding, he isnt:
link It is actually in the National Archives not the Library of Congress but that is being picky. |
| donlowry | 17 Dec 2023 9:23 a.m. PST |
We paid for Alaska, and California too! |
| Col Piron | 17 Dec 2023 10:33 a.m. PST |
@Gozerius Nothing stopping them asking to buy it back for the same cost .  What about if the indigenous peoples ask for their land back ? |
| Swampking | 17 Dec 2023 11:51 a.m. PST |
Nationalism might get people to the polls but considering the opposition won in the recent national election; this story is irrelevant. The current government is under a Eurocrat (Tusk). And he is supposed to be a 'shill' for the EU(SSR) and the Germans, hence PiS's claims against Germany are a dead letter. |
 Old Contemptible | 17 Dec 2023 8:20 p.m. PST |
The Germans were to pay war reparations after WWI. How did that work out? |
| 4th Cuirassier | 18 Dec 2023 6:51 a.m. PST |
@ donlowry That argument is not popular when it comes up in connection with the Elgin Marbles. |
| dapeters | 19 Dec 2023 3:01 p.m. PST |
Yes I think those Poles should ask Russian for Money. |
| Cuprum2 | 23 Dec 2023 6:36 a.m. PST |
Mmm… They can ask, but then Russia can ask for everything that it invested in the restoration and development of Poland in the post-war period. This is a lot. |
| Col Durnford | 26 Dec 2023 9:17 a.m. PST |
Cuprum2, I love your sense of humor! |
Puster  | 28 Dec 2023 8:51 p.m. PST |
In 1953 Poland – their government – waived all further reparations. As this is the base for Germanys acknowledgement of the borders (a full third of Poland is on former German territory, some 100.000kmē) this can of worms stays better closed. Its 75 years ago now, with the question being closed 70 years ago. How many old grudges and open bills do you want to settle? |
