2023 RESOLUTION

The Council of Ministers Resolution of 18 April 2023

A translation of the text of the Council of Ministers Resolution is provided below. The Council of Ministers Resolution can be found by clicking here and you can download the pdf directly by clicking here.

Resolution No. 51 of the Council of Ministers of April 18, 2023 on the need to regulate in Polish-German relations the issue of reparations, compensation and redress for the losses that Poland and Poles suffered due to the unlawful German attack on Poland in 1939 and the subsequent German occupation. 

The Resolution states four main points which we summarize briefly below:

1. Poland never, during the time of communism or democracy, closed the issue of reparations due to Poland for the material and human loss caused by the Germans during the Second World War and occupation.

2. Poland has never renounced its claim to reparations from Germany for the material and human loss caused during the Second World War and occupation.

3. Poland reminds everyone that the issue of reparations due to Poland for the material and human loss caused by the Germans during the Second World War and occupation has never been resolved through an international agreement.

4. Given the enormity of the injustice, suffering and damage caused by the Germans during the Second World War or occupation, the issue of reparations needs to be settled quickly.

The legal effect of the Resolution is to regulate the issue as of the moment it was published and makes the Polish government's position clear. It also binds all organs of the Polish government to support Poland's claim for reparations.