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tagged: compensations, Distomo massacre, Germany, Greece, International Court of Justice, Nazis, reparations, the Hague, World War II, WWII compensationsGermany criticizes Greece’s support of WWII compensation case at ICJ
Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Politics
German Foreign Minister, Guido Westerwelle, criticized Greece’s decision to support a World War II compensation claim at the International Court of Justice in the Hague.
In a statement Guido Westerwell said that “he did not understand Greek state’s decision” to stand on the side of Distomo massacre survivals.
“In Germany, we are aware of our responsibility for our history, and we are aware of the particular suffering of the Greek population in World War II,” he wrote in the statement. “But we stand by our position and are confident that our legal opinion will win through in court.”
Survivals of 1944 Nazis’ massacre at the Central Greek village of Distomo have won a legal battle jointly fought with Italian plaintiffs in a court of Florence (Italy).
In 2008 Germany appealed at ICJ arguing that it is protected under state immunity and consiquently no other state is allowed to take another state into court.
Wendadys, Greek PM Goerge Papandreou said that Greece will support the Distomo plaintiffs in the Hague.
On June 10, 1944 Nazi troops massacred 218 men, women and children as reprisal for the presence of partisans in Distomo.
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