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Article: Relatives hope special high court will allow families of Nazi victims to sue German state
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- April 15, 2002
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Dateline: ATHENS, Greece
Families of Greek civilians executed by the Nazis during World War
II on Monday said they hoped a special high court would allow them
to sue the German state for reparations.
A special Supreme Court panel will meet on Wednesday to discuss whether
Greek courts can hear compensation claims against Germany launched
by several groups of relatives from villages where civilians were
executed en masse during the war. It will determine whether the relatives
have the legal right to sue a foreign government.
"This is a historic case," Manolis Glezos, a representative of the
National Council for German War Reparations, told a news ...