Speaking at European University Viadrina in autumn 2006, Germany’s then-Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier outlined an initiative to strengthen German-Polish ties.”Maybe would not be impossible to launch a joint German-Polish history book in the medium term that promotes better mutual understanding,” he said.
His idea could not have come at a worse time. Poland was governed by Jaroslaw Kaczynski, of the national-conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party, which distrusted Germany and…