German President’s Trip to Greece Opens Up Old Wounds in a Country of Long Memory
In terms of European history World War II didn’t end that long ago, and calls for billions in war reparations are growing louder.
ATHENS — Germany’s president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, will conclude a three-day trip to Greece on Thursday on the strategic island of Crete, where he is scheduled to visit a village that was razed by the Nazis in June 1941. While the Greek prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, has said that Mr. Steinmeier’s visit acknowledges wartime atrocities committed by Nazis in Greece, the sojourn reopens not only old memories but also the thorny question of reparations.
“These issues remain unresolved, and we hope that one day they will be addressed,” Mr. Mitsotakis stated this week.
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