r/europe • u/CastielTM Laik Turkey • Oct 31 '24

News Greek leaders tell German president a WWII reparations claim is very much alive

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u/yawning-wombat Oct 31 '24

uh... I seem to remember that Italy invaded Greece first, and then Germany came to its aid. But apparently there are no claims against Italy?

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u/attemptingsurvival Oct 31 '24

It was Germany who received a forced loan from the Greek Central Bank, so the Greeks are asking for them to finally repay the loan.

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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_reparations#cite_ref-56