希腊:德国欠我们2790亿欧元

Germany owes Greece 279 billion euros in compensation for war damage. At least that's what the Greeks say. The Germans say the claim is nonsense.

德国欠希腊2790亿欧元的战争赔偿款。至少希腊是这样说的。而德国则表示，希腊的要求纯属胡说八道。

The issue of German war debt towards Greece has been raised many times before — most recently in 201C nd 2012, when Greece was negotiating the terms of its 240 billion euros ($260 billion) international bail out package.

有关德国对希腊战争赔款的问题已经被提过好多次了;尤其在2010到2012年间，当时，希腊正在进行有关2400亿欧元(2600亿美元)国际救助计划的谈判。

But this is the first time Athens has put an official number — roughly $300 billion — on World War II reparations.

但是,这是雅典第一次给出官方数据；大约3000亿美元的二战赔偿金。

The German government has — again — dismissed the claims, saying the matter has long been closed. "They won't get their debts paid by conjuring up German obligations from World War II," German finance minist er Wolfgang Schaeuble told German media last month.

德国政府再次无视了这个要求,表示这个问题早就结束了。德国财政部长沃尔夫冈上月告诉德国媒体，“他们无法接受这些凭空想象出来的二战债务。”

Germany paid Greece 115 million marks in 1960, as required by reparation agreements. On top of that, it also paid compensation directly to individual victims of the Nazi regime in Greece -- forced laborers, for example.

德国在1960年支付希腊1.15亿马克赔款。另外，还向纳粹在希腊制造的受害者个人进行了直接赔偿——比如，强征的劳工。

Berlin says the issue of reparations was settled once and for all by the international treaties that cleared the way for German reunification in 1990.

柏林说，赔款问题在德国1990年重新统一时已经一劳永逸的解决了。

Greece did not lodge a protest against those agreements at the time.

希腊没有理由对当时的协议提出抗议。

But the Greek government now says the 1960 payments were not enough.

但是，希腊政府现在表示，1960年的赔偿并不足够。

"The 1960 agreement provided reparations only for the victims of Nazism in Greece, not for the damage flicted on the country itself," Prime Minister Alexis Tspiras said in March, when he launched a commissio n to establish the size of the claim and suggest ways of resolving the dispute.

总理亚力希克斯在3月份说，"1960年协议提供的赔款仅仅针对在希腊的纳粹受害者，却不包括对这个国家本身的破坏， ",当时他正在组织一个委员会，讨论赔偿金的数目和争议的解决方式。

Athens also says those reparations did not cover an interest-free loan that occupied Greece was forced t o make to the Nazis in 1942. The loan was never repaid.

雅典还说，这些赔偿不包括1942年被占领的希腊被迫为纳粹提供的无息贷款，这笔贷款还没有偿还。

The estimate of damages comes as Germans are losing patience with Greece over its attempts to renegotiate the terms of its massive bailout.

这些伤害评估是在德国失去了与希腊继续进行大规模救助计划谈判的耐心后，提出的。

Germany itself has lent Greece 56 billion euros.

德国单独借给了希腊560亿欧元贷款。

The Greek government has not made any formal request for reparations but opinion polls show a claim would have widespread popular support in Greece, which is struggling to avoid another financial collapse.

希腊政府并没有提出正式的赔款要求，但民意测验表明，这个要求在挣扎于金融崩溃的希腊得到了广泛的民间支持。

But Tspiras went as far as suggesting Greece could start confiscating German assets if Berlin refuses to pay.

但是，亚力希克斯表示，如果柏林拒绝支付赔款，他将建议希腊没收德国资产。

That was described as "bizarre and impertinent" by German media.

这个行为被德国媒体描述为"匪夷所思和无礼的"。