Poland calls for WWII redress during anniversary

Poland’s prime minister speaks of the need for redress during observances of the start of World War II as he talked about the losses that Poland suffered during almost six years of Nazi German occupation.

Mateusz Morawiecki says during ceremonies at the Westerplatte Peninsula on the Baltic coast, where the war’s first battle was fought, that the war “meant not only fire for the Polish homes, it meant the death of Poland’s hopes, Poland’s future, the end of Poland’s science, Polish universities, Polish factories.”

He says that “for this reason we should talk about these losses, we should …. demand redress.”

Poland’s nationalist government has been raising the issue of reparations from Germany ever since it took power in 2015. Germany says that matter is closed.

— AP