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German politicians support monument for Polish WWII victims

27.08.2019 10:32
A number of prominent German politicians, including the president of the Bundestag, have voiced support for a new monument in Berlin to commemorate Poles killed during World War II.
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The president of the Bundestag lower house of parliament, Wolfgang Schaeuble, declared his support in an interview with German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung, published in full on Tuesday.

Schaeuble said: “Such a monument would encourage people to reflect more about the sufferings of Poles under the German occupation and Nazi terror.”

He added: “This would also allow a better understanding of how our Polish neighbours think about current European issues, as these thoughts are influenced by the past.”

Schaeuble joins a group of roughly 240 German MPs who have come out in support of such a monument, from all parties except the far-right Alternative for Germany.

Plans for the monument were first floated in 2017, with a proposed location near Anhalter Bahnhof station in central Berlin.

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