German government says WWII reparations issue ‘closed’. Poland says it will demand $1.3 trillion from Germany for crimes committed during World War II. The move follows the publication of a report on the cost of the Nazi occupation of Poland from 1939 to 1945. Poland’s right-wing government says the country has not been fully compensated. But Germany insists that reparations were paid in the years following the war and the issue of reparations is now closed. So what’s behind Poland’s move? Is politics involved? Presenter: Hashem Ahelbarra Guests: Michal Rachon – TV presenter on TVP Info and TVP World, Polish news channels Ulrich Brueckner – Professor of Political Science at Stanford University Maximilian Hess – Fellow at the Institute for Foreign Policy Research
