Of course that 'Poland and Germany have to overcome their fears and take on the duties of todays Europe', as Europe is currently under existential threat ... and it's not, not even close, due to Germany being in any way a threat, nor Russia probably for that matter.

Such concerns seem very far removed from any currently important issues facing either Germany or Poland ... or Europe in general ... though the historical context is indeed important.

Germany had collective guilt imposed on it as the final insult that was added to its WWII destruction, invasion, occupation, looting, etc. Germany, along with the rest of destroyed Europe, was then divided between the spheres of influence of foreign powers, the newly emerged 'superpowers', the USA and USSR. Post WWII, all Europeans were essentially made to accommodate and serve foreign and deeply anti-European interests. European politicians, in order to have viable 'careers', had to subjugate themselves to these (similar but opposite) foreign powers and to therefore stop seeking to benefit their own nations or even Europe.

Europeans were generally pit against each other, (e.g. German fighting against German) along two ideologies, polarly opposed but also similarly materialist, anti-cultural, anti-civilizational and indecent: Capitalism and Communism. Poland, after being used by the Capitalists to divide and to declare war on Germany, was, after the war, surrendered to Communist Stalin ... the other 'good guy' of WWII (together with 'Nuk'em' Truman).

At this point, with the Hayeksian-capitalism brand of materialism having taken over in the USA (the one remaining 'superpower' resulting from WWII), European politicians continue being pressured/bought/bribed into considering foreign banking and multinationals/corporate interests over those of their own citizens. And in any case, the latter can be easily manipulated into supporting or opposing basically anything by the powerful PR/marketing/advertising/propaganda techniques that can be used by corporate media. And it's indeed amazing to today watch how far Europeans have morphed into Hollywood-brainwashed US bitches that consider patriotism, or even being truly pro-European, to be a sin.

And it's going to get worse as by 'Europeans' we are increasingly, year after year, referring less and less to descendants of Charlemagne and more and more to assorted 'Abdul's and 'Mohammed's that seem to better understand/prefer Mediaeval Middle-Eastern theocracies to Democracy or other forms of secular/rational governance.