Tit-for-tat conflict over who were the victims in WWII takes a turn

Izabela Brodacka, a Warsaw resident, on Wednesday started legal proceedings to sue the German government in the Berlin Land's Court. She is demanding compensation for moral harm and psychological damage caused to her due to the suffering of her father, a former prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp. "According to my information this is the first such lawsuit a Polish citizen has filed," said Stefan Hambura, Brodacka's lawyer. She said that one of the reasons for suing the German government were the demands of expelled Germans as, "The balance between executioners and victims was broken." She added she was not after money, but she was demanding moral repayment for her dead father. Lothar Evers, the former chairman of the German Association of Victims of Nazi Oppression, said that the German government would fight tooth and nail to convince the court to reject the claim. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A6) M.M.