«But if those who enslaved us, with their gray and green uniforms, happen to cross your path, turn your eyes elsewhere, showing your contempt...» (From a proclamation by the resistance organization PEAN for the celebration of March 25, 1943.)
The conquest of the European continent by force has been the indelible obsession of the German elite since the time of Bismarck. In 1945, Nazi Germany's dreams of world domination were permanently shattered.
But did Berlin abandon its ambitions for dominance in Europe? The book you hold in your hands answers this crucial question.
George Harvalias impressively debunks the popular urban myths built around the current image of the "good" democratic Germany. He excellently highlights the Greek case, shedding light on the unseen aspects of collaboration and subservience that persist to this day. Above all, however, he emphasizes the debt. The material debt for the biblical destruction of the country during the Occupation, which the Germans persistently refuse to repay, and the moral debt of the Greek governments, which avoid claiming what is owed...