Voland

The "Prussian trust" a german group representing a tiny minority of the german expellees from eastern Europe, mostly modern Poland, has filed a lawsuit against the polish governement before the European court of human rights and claimed compensation for lost property after WW II. While the german governement has already made clear not to support the lawsuit ( all such issues are actually settled in bilateral treaties) polish prime minister Kacynski, who never leaves out an opportunity to bash the Germans even went as far as to question the polish-german border treaties of 1990....


World War II Revisited: Poles Angered by German WWII Compensation Claims - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News

Voland

Well yesterday polish foreign minister Fotyga was implying to question the german eastern border , today she withdrew from her statement and also the polish governement is trying to calm things down. The Kacynski brothers came to power constantly exploiting resentments against Germans ( which are outdated given the present but have understandable historical reasons) and maybe couldn´t resist to jump on that wagon. Probably they realized that this was going too far...

Voland

Don´t ask me if this is logical, but they have ...



The World from Berlin: Poland's Adolescent Behavior - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News



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The Prussian Trust is taking Poland to the European Court of Human Rights.
Poland has threatened to renegotiate the treaty that fixes the border between Germany and Poland in response to a compensation claim filed with the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg by a relatively obscure group representing Germans expelled from Poland after World War II and their families.

Polish Foreign Minister Anna Fotyga said Poland would show a "very clear reaction" to the lawsuit filed last week by the Prussian Trust (Preussische Treuhand). Asked if she was referring to a possible renegotiation of the 1990 German-Polish border agreement, she told Polish radio: "Yes, precisely that."