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

Greek leaders person revived a long-standing request for warfare reparations stemming from Nazi Germany’s World War II business of Greece, during a sojourn by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier

ATHENS, Greece -- Greek leaders connected Wednesday revived a long-standing request for war reparations stemming from Nazi Germany's World War II business of Greece, during a sojourn by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

Steinmeier ruled retired German compliance, telling Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou that for his country, from a ineligible constituent of position nan rumor has been agelong settled.

“But we stay committed to our historical responsibility” complete nan occupation, said Steinmeier, whose three-day sojourn to Greece includes stops astatine sites of Nazi atrocities.

Germany argues that it has already settled its reparations to Greece successful post-war agreements.

The matter was besides brought up by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during talks pinch Steinmeier successful Athens.

“As you know, for Greece ... these issues are very overmuch live and we dream that astatine immoderate constituent we will resoluteness them,” he said.

The German president started his travel to Greece Tuesday, visiting a Holocaust depository nether construction successful nan bluish metropolis of Thessaloniki.

The German authorities is co-funding nan task adjacent an aged railway position from which tens of thousands of Greek Jews were transported to Nazi attraction camps, wherever astir were killed.

On Thursday, Steinmeier will recreation to nan confederate land of Crete and sojourn nan colony of Kandanos, destroyed successful 1941 successful reprisal for Cretan civilians' guidance to advancing German troops.

Germany invaded Greece successful April 1941, months aft nan state repulsed an onslaught by chap Axis powerfulness Italy. The ensuing business lasted until October 1944 and led to nan deaths of tens of thousands of civilians from starvation, and nan demolition of overmuch of Greece's infrastructure.