[MGSA-L] Distomo Massacre (10.6.1944): Oblivion, injustice, and "realpolitik"

Christos D. Katsetos cd_katsetos at yahoo.com
Wed Jul 6 09:47:44 PDT 2011


EU court dismisses Nazi victim compensation claim
(AP) – 1 hour ago
BERLIN (AP) -- The European Court of Human Rights says it has dismissed a 
lawsuit by Greek relatives of Nazi massacre victims seeking compensation from 
Germany.
The Strasbourg court said in a statement Wednesday that the case was 
inadmissible because German courts --which previously rejected the compensation 
claim-- had properly taken into account national and international law.
The four Greek plaintiffs, then minors, survived a massacre committed by Nazi 
troops in the village of Distomo on June 10, 1944, that left 218 people dead. It 
was one of the worst World War II atrocities in  occupied Greece.
Germany argued that it settled reparation cases in postwar agreements and is 
entitled, as a state, to immunity from individual claims under international 
law.
Copyright © 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hFr7r-UDzqheOL5ImMVcyLr_gzcA?docId=f4a4a956b5884d00b14202e27960fe45

http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.ellada&id=290931

RELATED LINKS

International Court of Justice and the timeline of a litigation disaster.
http://www.athensnews.gr/issue/13427/36590

Distomo Massacre -- documentary:  Survivors' accounts.
http://folders.skai.gr/main/theme?id=97&locale=el

German wrath on Greece slips into a racialist mode reminiscent of the dark old 
days.
http://www.antibaro.gr/node/1274

Christos D. Katsetos, MD, PhD, FRCPath
http://www.drexelmed.edu/Home/AboutOurFaculty/ChristosKatsetos.aspxhttp://www.stchristophershospital.com/find-a-physician/120
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