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January 27, 2015

Greece Considers Seeking Reparations from Germany over Nazi Crimes 
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On Monday, Greece's new prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, visited a World
War II National Resistance Memorial in his first outing as the country's
new leader. The memorial is located at the site where the Nazis executed
200 Greek communist resistance fighters in May 1944. During the recent
campaign, Tsipras called on Germany to pay Greece reparations for
damages incurred during the Nazi occupation. A 2013 governmental study
determined Germany owed Greece an estimated $200 billion.

 

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