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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 15-05-02
CONTENTS
[01] German President Joachim Gauck in favour of WWII reparations
to Greece
[01] German President Joachim Gauck in favour of WWII reparations
to Greece
ANA-MPA - German President Joachim Gauck expressed support on Friday for
Greece's demands for World War II reparations, in a newspaper interview
appearing Saturday, even though the current government has rejected
the possibility.
In a report by Reuters among others, Gauck was quoted as saying in
an interview published Saturday by "Sueddeutsche Zeitung" daily that
Germany must seriously consider the issue of its historical responsibility
towards Greece.
"We are not only people who are living in this day and age but we're
also the descendants of those who left behind a trail of destruction in
Europe during WWII -- in Greece, among other places, where we shamefully
knew little about it for so long," Gauck said, adding, "It's the right
thing to do for a history-conscious country like ours to consider what
possibilities there might be for reparations."
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