Greece has demanded more than £200billion in compensation from Germany for Nazi atrocities during the Second World War. The government yesterday unveiled its final calculation for the war reparations stemming from occupation by the Third Reich. The radical left Syriza party says Germany owes Greece nearly 279billion euros, or £204billion to compensate it for looting and war crimes. Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras raised the reparations issue when he met German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin last month The German government says the issue was resolved legally years ago. The demand comes just days before Greece is obliged to pay 450million euros of its debt to the International Monetary Fund.Greek government has unveiled its final calculation for the war reparationsRadical left Syriza party says Germany owes Greece nearly 279billion eurosThe German government claims the issue was resolved legally years agoIt comes days before Greece is obliged to pay off 450million euros of debt
‘According to our calculations, the debt linked to _ reparations is 278.7bn euros,’ he told a parliamentary committee investigating responsibility for Greece's debt crisis.