Germany rejects Poland call for WWII reparations

‘Germany dismissed on Friday Poland’s threat to demand new talks over World War II reparations from Berlin, saying the issue had already been settled in 1953.
“Poland made a binding decision in August 1953…to relinquish demands for further war reparations,” government spokesman Steffen Seibert said, adding that in the view of Berlin, “this issue was therefore settled both legally and politically.”
Seibert said that Germany had fully recognized its responsibility in World War II, while emphasizing that it had also paid “considerable reparations for overall war damages” to Poland.
The 1953 agreement on reparations signed by Warsaw’s communist authorities renounced further claims against Germany.
But Poland’s current rightwing government disputes the validity of the post-war deal, saying it was made under the diktat of the Soviet Union.’
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