A bipartisan group of senators is asking the Trump administration to urge Poland to pay victims whose property was stolen by Nazis.

In a letter dated Monday, more than 80 senators from both parties asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Michael (Mike) Richard PompeoPutin nominated for Nobel Peace Prize The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - Trump previews SCOTUS nominee as 'totally brilliant' Pompeo accused of stumping for Trump ahead of election MORE to "pursue bold initiatives to help Poland resolve this issue as quickly as possible."

"Now is the time, while the last Holocaust survivors are still alive, to back up our words with meaningful action," the senators wrote.

The letter comes weeks ahead of President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE's planned trip to Poland and Denmark to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the start of World War II.

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The senators acknowledged Pompeo's February remarks in Warsaw calling on Poland to "restitute private property belonging to Holocaust victims, their families and others from whom it was confiscated during the Communist era."

Although Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said the issue has been resolved, it has not, the senators wrote.

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum estimates that 90 percent of Poland's Jewish population was killed during the Holocaust — approximately 3 million Jews. Nazis killed an additional 1.9 million non-Jewish Polish citizens.

After World War II, the Communist state in Poland took property the Nazis had confiscated from Jews and targeted non-Jewish citizens.

"Seventy-four years after the end of the Second World War, the remaining Holocaust survivors are aging and cannot wait any longer for justice," the senators wrote.

"While these actions were important reminders that Americans have not forgotten about this issue, Poland has not yet fulfilled its promises to Holocaust survivors and others from whom property was confiscated and time is running out," they added.

A State Department spokesperson said in an emailed statement "we do not comment on correspondence between members of Congress and the Department of State."

The spokesperson added that the administration's policy on Holocaust restitution "is clear," noting Pompeo's February remarks in Warsaw.