• Poland claims $1.4 trillion in WW2 German losses.
• Three million Polish Jews and six million Poles were slain during the war.
• Poland’s then-communist leaders gave up any rights to war reparations in 1953.

Germany had rejected the latest attempt by Poland’s nationalist government to get significant World War II reparations, stating in response to a diplomatic note that the matter was resolved, the foreign ministry in Warsaw reported on Tuesday.

A spokesman for the German foreign ministry stated that the country had reacted to a letter Poland had sent on the matter in October and declined to comment on the specifics of official communications.

Poland has claimed compensation for the $1.4 trillion in losses it believes Germany incurred during World War II, but Berlin has repeatedly stated that all financial claims relating to the conflict have been resolved.

“This answer, to sum it up, shows an absolutely disrespectful attitude towards Poland and Poles,” Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Poland’s deputy foreign minister, said in an interview with the Polish Press Agency.

“Germany does not pursue a friendly policy towards Poland, they want to build their sphere of influence here and treat Poland as a vassal state.”

When asked about further dialog with Germany regarding compensation, Mularczyk said it would continue “through international organizations.”

Three million Polish Jews and six million Poles were slain during the war, and after a 1944 rebellion that claimed the lives of around 200,000 civilians, Warsaw was completely destroyed.

Under pressure from the Soviet Union, which wished to release East Germany, another Soviet satellite, from any obligations, Poland’s then-communist leaders gave up any rights to war reparations in 1953.

Because Poland was unable to negotiate adequate compensation, the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, which is currently in power, claims that deal is illegitimate.

Since coming to power in 2015, it has reignited calls for compensation and made the glorification of Poland’s wartime victimization a key component of its nationalist appeal.

Berlin and PiS have strained relations because of PiS’s frequent use of a hostile stance toward Germany to motivate its base.

The pain caused by Germany during World War II was “passed on through generations” in Poland, according to German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, who stated this in a joint press conference with Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau last October, but that the reparations issue had been resolved.

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