Poland Vs Germany Tussle Over War Reparations Intensifies As Warsaw Urges US & UN To Step In

Poland has requested assistance from the United States and the United Nations following Germany's refusal to pay $1.3 trillion in war reparations to Poland for damages inflicted by the Nazis during World War II. Berlin has argued that Poland renounced such demands in a 1953 accord, but some experts speculate that the Law and Justice party in Poland is motivated by anti-German sentiment. Polish conservatives, on the other hand, claim that their country was coerced into signing the 1953 accord by the Soviet Union. In September, the Law and Justice party launched the reparations claim at Warsaw's Royal Castle, stating that Poland has never been able to fully recover from the war and its effects are still present today.