Published
2023-01-31
Keywords
- reparations,
- London Debt Agreement of 1953,
- Polish-German Treaty of 1970,
- 2 4 Treaty,
- reparations and individual claims
Abstract
The article takes the renewed demands of the Polish government as an opportunity to examine the question of whether Germany is obliged to pay reparations
to Poland. Based on an analysis of the international agreements concluded since 1945, it can be shown that the Polish government’s demands on Germany are unfounded.
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