European Journal | Viewed from the Outside

200 youths from around the world gathered to take a train ride through Poland. During the trip they searched for traces of German-Polish history - from the Westerplatte where the first shots were fired in what became the Second World War,to the memorial at the Auschwitz concentration camp.Reconciling with Poland has been an important -- and often difficult -- issue for Germany's foreign ministers. Heated debate about flight and expulsion show that this topic is still very current. We asked the youths who travelled to Poland what they expect from German foreign policy.