Historian Antoni Dudek disappointed by Donald Tusk’s historical policy: ‘Germany has been dodging the issue for years’
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- Antoni Dudek said Germany would not pay Poland’s reparations claims and was unlikely to approach the requested one trillion euros.
- He argued that historical policy should rely on persuasion instead of demands.
Historian Antoni Dudek says Poland should not expect Germany to pay the war reparations it demanded under the previous Law and Justice government.
“Germany will not pay it. There is no point deluding ourselves that it will ever come close to one trillion euros in reparations,” Dudek said. He added that the amount was unrealistic and beyond Germany’s means.
In an interview with Onet, Dudek argued that Poland should conduct historical policy through persuasion rather than demands. His comments also reflected his disappointment with Donald Tusk’s approach to the issue.
Germany will not pay it. There is no point deluding ourselves that it will ever come close to one trillion euros in reparations. It is unrealistic, they cannot afford it
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Originally published by Rzeczpospolita in Polish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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