After more than 80 years, Germany has returned treasures stolen by the Nazis 0 13

The German government has returned more than a dozen artifacts to Poland that were taken from Polish museums during the Nazi occupation.

In particular, these include a 14th-century manuscript, a gold ring with a diamond dated to the 16th century, as well as 11 miniature railway models from the collection of the Warsaw Transport Museum.

The transfer of the artifacts took place on the 35th anniversary of the Polish-German agreement on good neighborliness from 1991.

Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul noted that this is a manifestation of mutual respect and responsibility from Germany; State Minister for Culture Wolfram Weimer described the return of the artifacts as "an important gesture of recognition of historical injustice."

The government added that it will consider further requests from Poland for the return of cultural artifacts and will continue to cooperate on the issue of locating objects stolen during the Nazi occupation of Poland.