http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32202768

World war II in Europe ended nearly 70 years ago with the surrender of the Nazi's also known as the German surrender. Germany has made many reparation payments over the years for the atrocities that they committed during the war to various countries including Greece who they paid 115 million marks to in 1960. So It's all over correct? Wrong. This past week Greece demanded that Germany pay them 300 billion dollars in reparations. They claim it was due to the fact that during the occupation of Greece during world war II damage was done to the infrastructure and also an errant loan of 400 million dollars was sent to the Nazis in Berlin. This is what they are claiming. It is really because Greece is on the verge of bankruptcy and needs the money direly. This week Greece has payments due on foreign loans that will be unlikely to be able to meet. In the past the members of the EU have been able to bail them out, but they now owe payments on those loans. They have lost all faith in Greece and are refusing to pay them. I can't say I blame them. Bailing them out is just delaying the process. Greece in return is now desperate for money and is doing anything to get that money so they do not default. Greece is just trying to find an easy way to make money.  This is a ridiculous claim for multiple reasons. Among them are the fact that the German government then is entirely different than the one during world war II other than the fact that they occupy the same area and the fact that the issue was resolved 50 years ago. Back then Germany was a dictatorship reflecting the views of 1 man and now they are a republic reflecting the views of all of their citizens. They have a different name now and have tried to distance themselves from the Nazis. That would make blaming them for world war II like blaming The United States for something that Britain did while we were it's colony. Not only that, 50 years ago Greece agreed to a deal in which they made 115 million dollars and forgave Germany for the crimes. Now your retracting that and claiming 299.885 billion dollars more. This is an apparently sad way for Greece to try and claim money to pay off their debts.