2022 DIPLOMATIC NOTE

Poland's Diplomatic Note to Germany of 3 October 2022

Poland's demands to Germany

On 3 October 2022, the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a diplomatic note to the Federal Government of Germany to take immediate steps to permanently, comprehensively, definitively, legally, and materially settle the consequences of German aggression and occupation. 

The demands can be found in print in the War Losses Report. 

The Republic of Poland's demands:

1. Compensation for material and non-material losses amounting to 6 trillion 220 billion 609 million Polish zlotys.

2. Compensation for victims of German aggression and occupation, as well as their families, for the losses and harm suffered.

3. That the Federal Republic of Germany takes systemic measures to return cultural property seized from Poland and which is currently located on German territory.

4. The return of assets and liabilities of Polish state banks and credit institutions seized by the German state in 1939–1945.

5. The settlement of amounts due resulting from exploitation by the Reichskreditkassen which funded the Third Reich’s criminal military efforts, and from the Emissionsbank in Polen’s operations.

6. The full rehabilitation of activists of the Polish minority in pre-war Germany who were killed during the war and compensation for the losses suffered by Polish diaspora organizations in Germany.

7. The full and systematic regulation of the current status of Poles and persons of Polish origin in Germany by restoring the status of a national minority, in particular, as regards the teaching of their mother tongue.

8. The appropriate cooperation with the Republic of Poland with respect to commemorating Polish victims of the Second World War.

9. That the German authorities take effective action to present to its own society a true picture of the war and its consequences, especially the harm and damage inflicted on Poland and its people.