The German government has presented plans for a “German-Polish House” in Berlin to serve as a memorial to Polish victims of World War II and detail Germany’s brutal occupation of its neighbor between 1939 and 1945.
The project was mandated almost three years ago by the German parliament. In a resolution approved by most parties at the time, it called on the German government to “create a place in a prominent location in Berlin that, in the context of the special German-Polish relationship, is dedicated to the Polish victims of World War II and the Nazi occupation of Poland.”
On Tuesday, the culture minister presented the location of the former Kroll Opera near the German Reichstag parliament building and the Chancellery as a possible location. The Kroll Opera was used as a temporary seat for the Nazi parliament after the Reichstag burned down a month after Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933. It was there that Hitler gave his speech announcing Germany’s attack on Poland on Sept. 1, 1939.
While the focus will be on Germany’s occupation of Poland, the exhibition will also include themes that touch directly or indirectly on those years such as forced labor, war captivity, deportations and flight. Several parts of the permanent show will be dedicated to the Soviet occupation and Germany’s loss of its eastern territories after the war, German news agency dpa reported.
It will also highlight earlier centuries and the present-day relationship between the two countries, which has been characterized by inequalities.The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business.
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