“If Berlin desires to switch the cash — you’re very welcome! We’ll even grant a reduction if the cash is acquired by the top of the 12 months,” Sikorski stated, after which added: “However severely: cash is a troublesome difficulty in occasions of conflict and disaster.”
As a substitute, the overseas minister advised that the German authorities give a “seen signal” that Germany acknowledges the injury to Poland throughout the occupation, resembling “a documentation middle, a middle for dialogue that acknowledges the struggling of the Poles and can also be a memorial.”
He added: “There may be a second seen signal, for instance by the Germans rebuilding one of many buildings they destroyed in Warsaw, maybe the Saxon Palace.”
He additional advised that the Germans “might additionally finance medical take care of survivors” or “put money into the protection capabilities of our international locations in order that we will defend ourselves collectively towards Putin.“
“The Germans have a fragile reminiscence,” Sikorski stated. “They know concerning the Holocaust and keep in mind the blockade of Leningrad and Stalingrad. However they’ve forgotten what they did to the Polish civilian inhabitants.”