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Republic of Poland violated the constitution of 22 July 1952 in force at that time, because the matters of ratification and termination of international agreements belonged to the competence of the Council of State, not the Council of Ministers". Also, the report noted that according to the minutes of the Council of Ministers of 19 August 1953, the renunciation concerned only the German Democratic Republic not the Federal Republic, and that no diplomatic note was ever sent to the East German government officially informing it of Poland's decision. On September 14, 2022, the Sejm passed (418 for, 4 against, 15 abstentions) a resolution stating that: "The Polish state has never renounced its claims against the German state; the Sejm of the Republic of Poland calls on the German government to assume political, historical, legal, and financial responsibility for all the effects caused by the unleashing of World War II."
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share for reparation payments. The declaration by the Polish Government stated that Germany had already paid substantial reparations and that the Polish Government therefore renounced all claims, in order to contribute to a peaceful solution of the German question. The waiver was explicitly confirmed in the negotiations between the two states on the Warsaw Treaty.
166:(IARA). The distribution of the reparations from Germany was to be allotted by a pre-determined percentage to which the victor powers agreed to. German reparations were to be classified into two categories: A (all forms of German reparations except those included in Category B) and B (industrial and capital equipment, merchant ships, and inland water transports). 964:. Other sources put the total number of deaths resulting from the Axis occupation at 273,000 to 747,000 Greeks, or 3.7-10.2% of the prewar population. The occupying Nazi regime forced Greece to pay the cost of the occupation in the country and requisite raw materials and food for the occupation forces, creating the conditions for the 683:
2.5 billion dollars were confiscated. The remaining German industries had to give up a share of their production to the Allies. Large shipments of steel, coal, but also other industrial products were seized and transported out of the country. Later the Western Allies softened their stance in favour of the
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When the Warsaw Treaty was signed, Poland and the Soviet Union had waived all claims for reparations against Germany as a whole by a declaration of August 23, 1953. This waiver was based upon the agreement at the Potsdam Conference that Polish claims for reparations were to be satisfied by the Soviet
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in Warsaw. The three volume report also covered the legal issues regarding the 1953 renunciation of reparation rights by Poland, and according to the report findings: "the alleged unilateral statement of the Council of Ministers of 23 August 1953 on the renunciation of war reparations by the People's
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jointly paid compensation to surviving Polish, non-Jewish victims of slave labour in Nazi Germany and also to Polish orphans and children who had been subject to forced labour. The Swiss Fund for the Victims of the Holocaust (which had obtained settlement money from banks in Switzerland) used some of
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On 19 October 2004, the Polish Council of Ministers issued a statement clarifying: "The Government of the Republic of Poland recognises as obligatory the declaration of the Government of the People's Republic of Poland on 19 October to abandon Polish reparations payments (...). The Declaration of 23
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Japan paid its reparations similar to Germany through dismantling of industrial equipment, delivery of raw materials and confiscation of industrial output. Only minor payments were made to other Asian countries, specifically to Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, South Korea, Vietnam, and
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After World War II ended, the main four Allied powers – Great Britain, The United States, France, and the Soviet Union – jointly occupied Germany, with the Allied occupation officially ending in the 1950s. During this time, Germany was held accountable for the Allied occupation's expenses, amounting
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The rights of the four powers with regard to Germany were relinquished - the parties to the agreement recognized the effects of the Second World War as finally closed. Logically speaking, this also presupposes that the powers (including the USSR) have recognized that Germany has met its reparations
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of the United States, United Kingdom, France, and the Soviet Union. This treaty was supposed to close all open questions regarding Germany and the aftermath of WWII and paved the way for German reunification. Germany considers this treaty as the final regulation which concludes the question of open
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concluded the Polish-Soviet Reparation Treaty on 16 August 1945. The treaty allocated Poland's share of confiscated German machinery, goods and raw materials. Furthermore Poland received 15% of the German merchant fleet acquired by the Soviet Union. Deliveries were overseen by a joint Polish-Soviet
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After the war, Greece received its share of the reparations paid by Germany to the Allies as part of the proceedings of the Paris Reparation Treaty of 1946 which the Inter-Allied Reparations Agency enforced. 7.181 billion dollars were initially slated for Greece. This sum rose significantly due to
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In the meantime, Poland and Germany concluded several treaties and agreements to compensate Polish persons who were victims of German aggression. In 1972, West Germany paid compensation to Poles that had survived pseudo-medical experiments during their imprisonment in various Nazi camps during the
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At the beginning of the occupation, the Allies dismantled the remnants of German industries. Plants and machinery were dismantled, the railroad system deconstructed and everything was transported to the Allies. The German merchant fleet and all other ships were handed over. Foreign stocks of about
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to the Allies. The Allied demands were further outlined during the Potsdam Conference. Reparations were to be directly paid to the four victor powers (France, United Kingdom, United States, and the Soviet Union); for the countries in the Soviet sphere of influence, the Soviet Union would determine
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The fall 2004 Sejm call for war reparations elicted firm opposition from the two governments. Polish foreign minister Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz labelled the resolution "unreasonable" and Germany's foreign ministry "reject all demands concerning compensation." The Polish government shared the German
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The Polish government clarified in a statement on October 19, 2004: "The Declaration of 23 August 1953 was adopted in accordance with the constitutional order of the time, in compliance with international law established in the UN Charter", a position that was confirmed in a written statement in
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in the form of machinery (entire factories were dismantled and shipped to the Soviet Union) as well as food, industrial products, and consumer goods. The USSR was owed $ 100 million from Italy, $ 300 million from Finland, $ 200 million from Hungary, and $ 300 million from Romania, amounting to
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note, dated 24 November 1969, the communist government of Poland demanded action from the organization not only to punish war criminals and those who have committed crimes against humanity but also to establish procedures and divisibility of compensation for war crimes and damages committed by
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had to pay reparations worth about 300 million USD each, mostly paid in natural goods. Bulgaria had to pay reparations worth about 70 million USD. Most of these reparations were not paid in full by the countries which later fell under the umbrella of the Soviet Union, because the Soviet Union
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were incorporated into communist Poland and the Soviet Union respectively and resettled with citizens of these countries, pending a final peace conference with Germany. Since a peace conference never took place, the areas were effectively ceded by Germany. In the case of Poland, the acquired
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It seems that even if the binding force of the 1953 declaration were to be questioned, it would be difficult to support the thesis that Poland has a rightful claim to reparations from Germany. The renunciation of such claims was confirmed by the Polish deputy minister of foreign affairs, J.
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put out a statement stating: "The Declaration of 23 August 1953 was adopted in accordance with the constitutional order of the time, in compliance with international law laid down in the UN Charter." In August 2017, this position was again confirmed in a statement by Deputy Foreign Minister
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The Constitution of the People's Republic of Poland of 1952 reserved issues concerning the conclusion and ratification of international agreements for the Council of State (a collegiate body performing the functions of the head of state), and not for the Council of
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in 1953. The signatories agreed to postpone additional German debts until a final peace treaty with Germany would be made. In 1960, Germany concluded a treaty with the Greek government to compensate Greek victims of Nazi German terror which amounted to 115 Million
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to compensate the victims of the Holocaust. Until 2005 about 63 billion euros (equivalent to approximately 87.9 billion euros in 2022) have been paid to individuals. Additional payments by German companies which exploited forced workers have been made.
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demanded that Germany pay the "complete" reparations to Greece. In April 2015, Greece evaluated the war reparations to be the equivalent of 278.7 billion euros (equivalent to 389 billion euros in 2022). While more German politicians and members of the
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as reparations for WWII. These efforts were mostly thwarted by the Western Allies and ultimately only approximately 69 square kilometres (27 sq mi) of German territory was annexed in 1949. Nearly all of these territories were returned to the
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At their first summit, held in Tehran in November 1943, the three powers had agreed in principle to fall back on the Curzon Line when determining Poland's border. In return for using this line, Poland was to be entitled to the Oder as its new Western
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are calling on the federal government to compensate Greece financially for the effects of the Nazi occupation, the German government replied that the stipulations of the Two Plus Four treaty still stand and the issue was resolved in 1990.
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To achieve clarification on this point, the West German government asked for a confirmation of Poland's 1953 renunciation of reparations claims, which the Polish government granted in 1970 before signing the Warsaw Treaty in December
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Then, in December 1970, Poland reaffirmed its renunciation of reparations claims under a new agreement with West Germany, which recognized the Polish border on the Oder and Neisse Rivers – in what had been pre-war
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signed a diplomatic note asking the German government to undertake an official negotiation process between Poland and Germany, and on 3 October presented the diplomatic note to the visiting German Foreign Minister
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In 1970, Poland and West Germany normalised their relationship in the Treaty of Warsaw. The Polish government confirmed the renouncement of reparations, while West Germany confirmed the Polish western border.
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from 1947 to 1956, with the intention of using its coal and steel industrial output to boost the French economy as reparations for the war. France sought to ultimately annex the Saar as well as the entire
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In 1953 Poland's then-communist rulers relinquished all claims to war reparations under pressure from the Soviet Union, which wanted to free East Germany, also a Soviet satellite, from any liabilities.
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obligations. Poland voiced no claims nor did it protest the treaty. In keeping with the rule of estoppel, it would seem that such claims can not be raised after the entry into force of this treaty.
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Władysław, Czapliński. (2007). "Polish Legal Positions with Regards to Post-Potsdam Germany in light of International Law: Aggression - Territory - Citizenship". In Góralski, Witold M. (ed.).
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Czapliński, Władysłav (2007). "Polish Legal Positions with Regards to Post-Potsdam Germany in light of International Law: Aggression - Territory - Citizenship". In Góralski, Witold M. (ed.).
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in 1957. Under the Dutch-German treaty made in The Hague on 8 April 1960, West Germany agreed to pay to The Netherlands the sum of 280 million German marks in compensation for the return.
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the growing size of the reparations seized by the Allies and Greece ultimately received compensations in the form of money and industrial goods with a worth of about 25 million dollars.
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On the 83rd anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, on September 1, 2022, a Polish government report on Poland's war losses and damages between 1939 and 1945 was presented at the
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The Soviet Union received compensation under the Paris Peace Treaty in 1947 from four Axis allied powers, in addition to the large reparations paid to the Soviet Union by the
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reparations which had been made in previous treaties such as the London Debt Agreement. Greece rejects this notion and on 8 February 2015, the then-Greek Prime Minister,
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government's view that Poland had renounced reparations claims in a 1953 agreement with the GDR that was repeated vis-a-vis West Germany at the time of the 1970 Treaty.
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received a value of US$ 36 billion, in industrial equipment from the dismantled German factories. West Germany also paid 8 million German marks as reparations for
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also sought to annex German territory as reparations for WWII. However, only small areas were occupied and then returned after German compensation payments.
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Special Report published by the Bank of Greece in 1962 ... specified the amount outstanding to be ... more than tenfold the sum dispensed by Germany.
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August 1953 was adopted in accordance with the constitutional order of the time, in compliance with international law laid down in the UN Charter.
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Germany during World War II. In 1970, the 1953 renunciation of reparation rights was confirmed by the Polish Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
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was to be paid to Poles who, during Nazi occupation, had paid into the German social security system but received no pension. In 1992, the
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rail lines were reduced to a single track with the material being taken to the Soviet Union. Similarly the (relatively limited)
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To oversee the extraction and distribution of the German reparations in their control zone, the Western Allies established the
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Poland was to be excluded from the proceedings of the IARA by demand from the Soviet Union. The Allies agreed as part of the
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and persecution. Payments to Israel until 1987 amounted to about 14 billion dollars, equivalent to $ 36.5 billion in 2022.
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August 2017 by then Deputy Foreign Minister Marek Magierowski in response to a parliamentary inquiry from the Sejm.
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Poland-Germany 1945-2007: From Confrontation to Cooperation and Partnership in Europe : Studies and Documents
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The reparation issue arose again in late 2017 with comments made by Polish government officials from the ruling
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its funds to pay compensation between 1998 and 2002 to Polish Jews and Romani who were victims of Nazi Germany.
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Thailand. Overall Japanese reparations amounted to about 1.5 billion US dollars which was about 4% of its GDP.
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was founded by the Polish and German governments, and as a result, Germany paid Polish sufferers approximately
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Poland-Germany 1945-2007: From Confrontation to Cooperation and Partnership in Europe: Studies and Documents
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Italian reparation payments amounted to about 366 million USD and were paid to the Soviet Union, as well as
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when determining Poland's eastern border, while in return Poland was entitled to a western border along the
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Winiewicz, during the course of the negotiations leading to the normalization treaty of November 1970.
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its distribution. To coordinate the distribution of the reparations between the victor powers, the
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All gold, silver and platinum in bullion or coin form held by any person/institution in Germany
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in 1949, almost all of which was returned to West Germany in 1963 in exchange for 280 million
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Greece received an additional share of reparations from other Axis powers as a result of the
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Germany concluded a variety of treaties with Western and Eastern countries as well as the
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Similarly, in the French Occupation Zone, key rail lines were dismantled to single track.
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continued to deliver industrial goods and raw materials to the Soviet Union until 1953.
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Allied plans for German industry after World War II § Reparations and exploitation
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region into France proper, but was denied so by the rest of the Allies. Following the
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The Allies finally agreed for German reparations to be paid in the following forms:
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for several years to work for the Allies in camps, mining, harvesting or industry.
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The following nations received reparations as part of the proceedings of the IARA:
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Transferring all manufacturing equipment, machinery and machine tools to the Allies
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there is no diplomatic note to the government of the GDR, there is no return note
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Hannu Heikkilä, The Question of European Reparations in Allied Policy, 1943-1947
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Der Zusammenbruch des Deutschen Reiches 1945. Die Folgen des Zweiten Weltkrieges
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recognized the Oder-Neisse as the final border between Poland and East Germany.
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Repressed, Remitted, Rejected: German Reparations Debts to Poland and Greece
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Repressed, Remitted, Rejected: German Reparations Debts to Poland and Greece
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Immediately after the end of the war, the Netherlands demanded 25 billion
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Reluctant Realists: The Christian Democrats and West German Ostpolitik
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Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
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69 square kilometres (27 sq mi) of border territory from
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Transferring all railroad cars, locomotives and ships to the Allies
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Germany's Foreign Policy of Reconciliation: From Enmity to Amity
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agreement was signed in Warsaw. It stipulated that 1.3 billion
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was also dismantled with the notable exception of most of the
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Multilateralism, German Foreign Policy and Central Europe
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Economy of East Germany § Soviet occupation period
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Dutch annexation of German territory after World War II
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Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany
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Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany
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Allotment of German reparations by the Western Allies
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Reparations Agreement between Israel and West Germany
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were obliged to pay war reparations according to the
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Allied plans for German industry after World War II
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paid by the Federal German government to the Dutch.
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Allied plans for German industry after World War II
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Index


lead section
summarize
provide an accessible overview
World War II
Federal Republic
Democratic Republic
Germany
war reparations
Allied governments
Potsdam Conference
Axis nations
Paris Peace Treaties, 1947
Austria
Yalta Conference
forced labour
Allied Control Council
Inter-Allied Reparations Agency
Kingdom of Egypt
British Raj
Potsdam Agreement
Provisional Polish Government
Territories of Poland annexed by the Soviet Union
Former eastern territories of Germany

Tehran Conference
Big Three
Curzon Line
Oder
Soviet Union

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