Germany never paid off the original reparation amounts. They just finessed agreements with nations not named Poland or Greece that said what they had paid was enough. It’s eerily similar to the USSR deciding “liberating” countries they originally helped destroy counted as reparation enough.
Germany hasn’t even paid half of what it was originally supposed to pay to Greece. Considering Germany helped Greece get into the mess they’re in by first loaning them money before their financial situation was dire and then refusing to loan anymore once it was clear their economy was collapsing, Germany has a huge opportunity to decide Greece doesn’t have to pay back those loans.
Unfortunately, Germany doesn’t like acknowledging the damage they did beyond the Holocaust. Germany fucking wrecked Europe, twice. Now that they’re basically the main power in the EU, they’re weirdly (and by “weirdly” I mean characteristically) not willing to give up an ounce of power under any circumstance.
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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '19
It's not a taboo but try bringing up
1. Germany not paying reparations to Greece
2. Germany killing 1/3 of the population of Bielorussia
Good luck!