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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Philip Oltermann in Berlin

Germany rejects Poland’s claim it owes €1.3tn in war reparations

Jarosław Kaczyński (centre) at a wreath-laying ceremony as Poland marked the anniversary of Nazi Germany’s 1939 invasion.
Jarosław Kaczyński (centre) attends a wreath-laying ceremony in Warsaw on Thursday as Poland marked the anniversary of Nazi Germany’s 1939 invasion. Photograph: Michal Dyjuk/AP

Germany has rejected a Polish parliamentary report claiming it owes its eastern neighbour €1.3tn for damages caused during the second world war, saying the question of wartime reparations is “closed”.

“The federal government’s position is unchanged,” a spokesperson for the German foreign ministry said on Friday. “In the view of the government this matter is closed”.

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