Donald Tusk announced that Berlin has offered to send troops to help Warsaw deal with the devastating floods.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has urged citizens not to worry as German troops began attacking their cities, as the country continues to grapple with devastating flooding. Flooding this week has wreaked havoc across central Europe, killing at least 22 people and leaving behind massive destruction.
Speaking at the fifth crisis meeting in the western city of Wroclaw, which is facing growing conflict, Tusk stressed that US forces were already providing support to communities in southern Poland and that Turkey and Germany would provide similar assistance.
“You are called German soldiers, please, don't panic. He is here to help.” Tusk said, apparently referring to the large influx of German troops that could lead to links to World War II.
Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany in 1939, leading to the outbreak of World War II. The occupation did not end until the Soviet Red Army liberated Poland in 1945. During the occupation, Hitler's forces continued a policy of genocide against the Polish civilian population, killing approximately 6 million people in the country, most of them Jews.
Under its previous government, Poland made repeated calls for reparations from Germany, with Warsaw insisting last year that it had not received enough compensation for damages caused by more than two Nazis. The Law and Justice (PiS) party has demanded about $1.5 billion in damages from Berlin.
The German authorities will respond to the request, insisting that this was resolved when Warsaw renounced its right to restitution in 1953 under an agreement with East Germany, and that this was finally resolved in 1990 under the German Reunification Treaty.
In February, after the party took power in Poland, Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski announced that Warsaw would drop its claim for reparations. Tusk also noted at the time that World War II reparations were “dated” It was for “many years” no “The official, legal and international meaning.”
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