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Polish President Pushes for War Reparations From Germany

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Polish President Andrzej Duda is convinced that Germany still owes reparations to his country for destruction that occured during World War Two.
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The discussion of reparations is not over yet, Duda said in an interview on Sunday to the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag, adding it was a question of "truth and responsibility."

He said a parliamentary panel was considering the next steps after Arkadiusz Mularczyk, head of a repatriations committee, said they would reassess the damage done to Poland.

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A Polish news agency, PAP, said earlier Poland wanted to seek $48.8 billion in reparations from Germany, while the German government argues Warsaw waived all war reparations in 1953.

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