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..it's important in this case to make a distinction between reparation payments for war crimes and repayments of so-called Besatzungsanleihe

Thta is nonsens, whatever the guy says. As he himself clearly explains that was very much a part of war damages, in other words a repasration matter.

And to underscore the point:

", and the fact that today the Chair of the Greek Parliament announced the creation of a parliamentary committee to demand both, I think that the loan especially should be requested."

It is the same matter and this recently invented distinction is spurious.

" The 1940s isn't that far away. It is frequent that countries pay off debts incurred a century ago.

seventy years. And no, that isn't frequent at all. or obvious reasons

by IM on Tue Feb 24th, 2015 at 06:06:11 AM EST
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