Video on German war reparations angers (media-backed) Potami Party

A video that is currently being played in Athens subway stations regarding the German reparations claimed by the Greek state, has apparently raised some eyebrows, both in Greece and abroad. The video, which aims to raise awareness about the reparations and occupation loan and set the record straight, shows images of the German armed forces invading Athens in 1941. Certainly it is not something that Greeks and visitors to Greece expect to see in a subway station, but with a neocon approach to rewrite history in this world, it is a great initiative that was taken by the Ministry of National Defense and Parliamentary Committee for the German reparations and we should all applaud it.

Alternate Minister of National Defense Kostas Isichos claims that Germany's Der Spiegel has relayed a different video to the one being broadcast in the subway stations in Greece. In that video references are made to the 40,000 executions, 300,000 deaths over hunger and 63,000 Greek Jewish victims of the Holocaust, along with other catastrophes caused by the Germans in Greece.

In any case, the video that aims to raise awareness about this daunting subject has apparently soured some political parties in Greece. More specifically, a number of MPs from The River party (or the oligarch-media backed "To Potami" party) complained in Parliament over the video claiming that it may have an impact on the negotiations, which at present are in a critical phase. They also questioned the rationale behind the video and with what authority the Metro’s broadcasting network is being used “for propaganda purposes”.

Editor's Note: If Greeks were united on national issues, then buffoons such as those in the Potami party -and various other Leftist parties- would not dare to even utter a word about  a subject that we all know exists! Money and paying back our creditors is one thing, rewriting history is another! All Potami cares about is securing more loans for Greece which its supporters, mostly Greek media tycoons, will then drain out of Greek banks. Shame on them.