PANEL DISCUSSION

Venue: The Hague University of Applied Sciences,
Johanna Westerdijkplein 75, The Hague

Time: Monday, 12 September 2011, at 6.30 p.m.

The topic of compensations has received increased attention in the
context of gross human rights violation and the multiplication of
international courts and tribunals. The current case of Germany against
Italy, Greece intervening, before the International Court of Justice
(Jurisdictional Immunities of the State) highlights the problems and
tensions arising in the enforcement of historical claims in an

Under this motto the AK-Distomo (Hamburg) and the AK Angreifbare
Traditionspflege call for activities in The Hague / Netherlands.

From September 12-16, 2011 a public hearing take place at the
International Court of Justice in The Hague on a lawsuit filed by
Germany against Italy. The Federal Republic of Germany sues Italy to
prevent trials from Greek and Italian Nazi victims who want to implement
compensation claims against Germany.

The survivors of the massacre of German SS troops in the Greek Distomo,
where on June 10 1944 218 people were killed, have already achieved a

September 12 –16, 2011
Germany vs. Italy before the International Court of Justice in The Hague

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Tens of thousands of civilians were murdered

Tens of thousands of civilians were massacred oder killed by the
Wehrmacht or embedded SS units during the Nazi occupation of Greece and Italy during the Second World. Tens of thousands who were coerced to
perform forced labor in Germany. They all remain unitedly affected by

The AK Distomo has greatest understanding for the decision of the Greek government under Prime Minister Jorgos Papandreou to intervene on the case concerning the legality of claims for compensation for the victims of Distomo and other Nazi victims at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. We welcome this step sincerely.

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The AK Distomo expects that in the year 2011 the International Court of Justice in The Hague will come to its decision in the case Germany./. Italy. It is about the question weather the relatives of the victims and the survivors of Nazi-Crimes have the right to go to court in their respective home countries for achieving compensation against the Federal Republic of Germany. Greek and Italian courts have recognized this right and confirmed it several times. One of the negotiated cases in The Hague is the procedure about the compensation in the case of Distomo