Why Germany must pay war reparations to Poland

There are crimes that can never be fully forgiven, and can never be forgotten. Time does not absolve the perpetrator of his obligation to make amends to the victim. Even if the crimes seem difficult to quantify. Not all western European countries understand the full scale of the tragedy for Poland that was wrought by World War II. From a western perspective, the conflict can be seen as a series of battles, troop movements and political decisions. For us, it was primarily a set of crimes, atrocities and destruction, as well as opportunities for development that have been lost forever.

From the very beginning, World War II was a cold-blooded crime planned with the goal of the physical elimination of entire nations and destruction of entire countries. Of course, the war brought death and destruction everywhere. But in eastern Europe, this terrible time was many times worse than in France, Belgium, Holland or Denmark.