Rep. Chris Smith: U.S. Should Support Poland’s Demands for WWII Reparations From Germany
The United States should ‘encourage’ Germany to work towards an agreement on Second World War damages with Poland, Rep. Chris Smith has said.
The United States should ‘encourage’ Germany to work towards an agreement on Second World War damages with Poland, Rep. Chris Smith has said.
The Nazi occupiers punished Poland, including mass executions and the systematic destruction of the city’s buildings.
Claim for $1.4tn reparations makes comparisons to Russian invasion of Ukraine that Berlin will find uncomfortable but has refused to discuss.
Germany told Poland there will be no more World War II reparations because Berlin considers the matter is closed.
Poland requested the payment of some $1.3 trillion in reparations for the damage incurred by occupying Nazi Germans during World War II.
Prosecutors in Poland questioned witnesses after a 31-year-old man allegedly placed powerful explosives in a busy downtown area of Warsaw.
Poland is among the staunchest allies of Ukraine against Russian aggression, but the violence between 1942 and 1945 is a point of contention.
Lackowski, who had worked many years to commemorate the site, expressed his satisfaction that the victims finally have a proper memorial.
Dame Vera Lynn, the endearingly popular “Forces´ Sweetheart” who serenaded British troops abroad during World War II, has died at 103.
Dean Reuter said during Friday’s episode of Breitbart News Daily on SiriusXM that the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe “marks the triumph of good over evil”, and that parents should teach their children about the sacrifices made, as well as the stories of triumph and courage.
The UK PM drew from the fortitude and “spirit of national endeavour” of the wartime generation as he made a comparison with the lockdown.