International conference on war reparations from Germany scheduled for June in Athens

A major international conference on war reparations from Germany will be held in Athens in June with the participation of Polish, Italian, Greek, and Serbian lawyers, deputy Foreign Minister Arkadiusz Mularczyk told Polish Radio 24 on Tuesday.

“We are launching an international discussion,” he said.

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The deputy foreign minister said that the issue of Polish war reparations is receiving a lot of attention in the international media, including in the U.S. and Germany.

Mularczyk stressed that in the background of Poland’s political actions in regard to obtaining war reparations from Germany, there is a kind of battle for historical memory. He added that besides striving to obtain reparation funds, Poland is also trying to educate and inform people about WWII history.

Reparations

Earlier, Polish Ambassador to Athens Artur Lompart said in an interview with the Polish Press Agency (PAP) that the issue of reparations from Germany for damages suffered during World War II has never been closed in Greece. He noted that it is a field for cooperation between Poland and Greece.