Economic history of Germany

Senior Polish officials Tuesday said they plan to expand a campaign to seek massive World War II reparations from Germany, turning to Greece and other European countries as potential allies.

Poland's ruling Law and Justice party wants reparations, estimated at 1.3 trillion euros, from Germany for its occupation in 1939-1945. How realistic is that figure and its reparations plan?

Greece's newly elected prime minister has said during a visit in Berlin that he hopes Germany will agree to start negotiations on war reparations.
After a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told reporters "we hope there will be a positive response."

The German government is underlining its position that the question of World War II reparations to Greece has been settled, after Athens asked Berlin to enter talks on paying compensation.
Greece's ambassador submitted a formal request Tuesday. German foreign ministry spokesman Rainer Breul said Wednesday that "we are examining the contents."

Berlin has dismissed Warsaw's demands for paying massive World War II reparations, saying the bitter historical issue was fully resolved sixty years ago and that there are no grounds to revive it.

"Poland made a binding decision in August 1953… to relinquish demands for further war reparations," said German government spokesman Steffen Seibert as quoted by AFP.

Greece?s centrist To Potami party on Wednesday slammed the broadcast on TV screens across the Athens metro grid of a government-backed film demanding German reparations for World War II crimes.