Abraham was satisfied with the nomination for the position of the German Government Plenipotentiary for Cooperation with Poland.
“I am glad that as a government plenipotentiary I will be able to actively co -shape the relationship between our countries” – emphasized the politician.
He added that he intends to act in two ways.
“The name of my position sounds quite technical, but it consists of two components – one is actions at the level of civil society and the other concerns cooperation in the border region. And the latter element is associated with special challenges today,” he said.
The politician announced an imminent visit to the Border area by “Take a close look at the loads for the so -called Polish-German area of connections and for the lives of local residents, which appeared after the introduction (by Germany-PAP) new border controls“.
“I would like to get information from the Polish and German authorities and take conclusions to Berlin showing the scale of burden. The goal is to further develop and maintain cooperation in the region despite current challenges, cooperation – which is after all a great, joint success” – noted Abraham.
Abraham also referred to the construction of a monument in Berlin commemorating the Polish victims of the German occupation during World War II. The first louder idea of such a place of memory dates back to autumn 2017, but specific decisions were made only three years later.
In October 2020, the German parliament agreed to two projects: commemorating Polish victims and the construction of the Center for the Documentation of World War II and German occupation in Europe.
So far, neither the monument nor the center of documentation is there, but on April 16 this year opposite the Reichstag, weighing 30 tons of “Memorial Stone for Poland 1939-1945” weighing the functions of a temporary memory place about Polish victims.
The boulder is located in a symbolic place, in the former opera of Kroll (German Krolloper), in which Adolf Hitler on September 1, 1939 gave a speech justifying the attack of the Third Reich on Poland.
