Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau signed an official memorandum demanding Germany pay some $1.3 trillion in compensation for damage caused by the Nazi occupation of his country during World War II, despite Berlin’s hints that the border demarcation between the two countries could be revised.

During Rau’s meeting in Warsaw with German Foreign Minister Annalena Barbock, who is attending a security conference, he indicated that “the memorandum will be transmitted to the German Foreign Office”, noting that “the memorandum expresses his view that both sides should take action “without delay” to deal with the consequences of the German occupation from 1939 to 1945 in a permanent, comprehensive, legally binding as well as financially binding manner.

He indicated that “this will include compensation, in addition to resolving the issue of looted works of art and archives. On the 83rd anniversary of the war, on September 1, the Polish government submitted a comprehensive damage report estimated at $1.3 trillion. “