Rudi Pawelka, head of the supervisory board of the Prussian Trust. The organization wants compensation for Germans expelled from Poland after World War II.
Posted on 12/18/2006 11:31:04 AM PST by lizol
Poles Angered by German WWII Compensation Claims
A group representing Germans who were expelled from Poland after World War II are claiming compensation from Warsaw. The move threatens to damage already fragile relations between Germany and Poland.
There is widespread resistance to the idea that Germans too could have been victims of World War II. So it comes as no surprise that the decision by a group of Germans to file compensation for property they lost when they or their relatives were forcibly expelled from Poland after World War II is extremely controversial.
On Friday the Prussian Trust (Preussische Treuhand), a group representing post-1945 German expellees from Eastern Europe, revealed that it had filed 23 individual claims against Poland with the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. The group has said it intends to increase this number to around 50.
The move by the Düsseldorf-based group has been sharply criticized in Germany, and it risks harming German-Polish relations, which have been strained in recent months.
Gesine Schwan, the German government's coordinator for relations with Poland, said there needed to be a clear sign that Germany opposed the Prussian Trust and that the authorities in Poland shouldn't pay too much attention to the organization. "I expect other politically relevant forces will distance themselves from this action," she told the Berliner Zeitung Saturday.
Markus Meckel, a foreign policy spokesman for the junior coalition partners the Social Democrats (SPD), said the government should withhold all support for the action. "The government's position is clear," he said. "It opposes this claim, because it is poisonous for the German-Polish reconciliation process."
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Rudi Pawelka, head of the supervisory board of the Prussian Trust. The organization wants compensation for Germans expelled from Poland after World War II.
If the government in Germany starts grousing about the Suedetenland, or starts referring to Kaliningrad as Koenigsberg, life's going to get interesting.
I may need to stop saying that the Israelis should give back the West Bank when Poland gives back East Prussia.
'bout time France and Napoleon paid up too, burning Moscow to the ground may prove expensive.
Reading history, I see that on the whole that which was will continue to be. Much of our existing peace seems a historical fluke, with plenty of indications we will soon see a return to the periodic wars of the past.
Humans just like beating the crap out of each other.
As any rookie cop learns within one week on the job. :-)
Russia's reply might consist of nuking Berlin.
That's why a thorough knowledge of history is so important. We are animals... albeit, the most intelligent animals on the planet.
ping
Well as long as we are airing out old laundry, a bunch of Southerners need compensation for Sherman's little romp through Atlanta and the rest of the south. < /sarc >
Isn't Pawelka a Polish name?
That's how scum work. The entire Poland should rise and say ENOUGH WITH NAZI LIES.
1. Media who distribute this drivel should lose license to operate in Poland.
2. Businesses who advertise in those media outlets should be boycotted
It sounds like it was - Polish, or Czech.
Did you notice name of the street at this commercial?
'October Revolution Avenue'
Old commercial indeed, but maybe it's time to find some Prusakolep and send it to Pawelka and his guys :)
Guess what! Somehow that speaks for you Poles...
;-)
OMG, I actually have seen the Prusakolep commercial on YouTube before that. That is the freakiest commercial I've ever seen.
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