“The chapter of Nazi crimes in Greece is still open” – German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media

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1. Hello there r/Germany, the reason I’m posting this is to urge people to learn a bit more about these things. Not to start any conversations about reparations and crap.So I’ll copy past my comments from r/Europe.

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   Clarifying the reason for posting this article.

   I am posting this article, not for it’s contents, but to try to shed some light in the largely unknown suffering caused by the Axis Occupation in Greece, and the reason Greece considers the issue of the war reparations from Germany still open.

   >Ok so, firstly, an outline.
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   >Greece was subjected to enormous destruction of its industry (80% of which was destroyed), infrastructure (28% destroyed), ports, roads, railways and bridges (90%), forests and other natural resources (25%) and loss of civilian life (7.02–11.17% of its citizens). The occupying Nazi regime forced Greece to pay the cost of the occupation in the country and requisite raw materials and food for the occupation forces, creating the conditions for the Great Famine. Furthermore, in 1942, the Greek Central Bank was forced by the occupying Nazi regime to lend 476 million Reichsmarks at 0% interest to Nazi Germany.

   You can read the wiki articles about the [Axis occupation of Greece](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis_occupation_of_Greece) and an some info about the [reparations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_reparations#Greece).

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   But what I think would be more interesting is [this sketch from “Die Anstalt”](https://youtu.be/SfzkMmIHAG8?t=2438).

   They make a great outline, and it’s just a few minutes, better that pages of information on Wikipedia.

   These are issues that I believe should be brought to light, reparations or whatever.

   The past should be neither forgotten, nor ignored and discarded.