Athens (Greece), Oct.28 (ANI): Greeks angry at the fate of the euro are comparing the German government to the Nazis who occupied the country in the Second World War.
According to the Daily Mail, newspaper cartoons have presented modern-day German officials dressed in Nazi uniform, and a street poster depicts Chancellor Angela Merkel dressed as an officer in Hitler's regime accompanied with the words: 'Public nuisance.'
She is also shown wearing a swastika armband bearing the EU stars logo on the outside.
The backlash has been provoked by Germany's role in driving through painful measures to stop Greece's debt crisis from spiralling out of control.
Furious at the deal, even though it means the banks will write off 50 per cent of the country's debt, furious Greeks, especially the conservatives, have warned that the step condemns the country to 'nine more years of collapse and poverty'.
So deep is the fury of ordinary Greeks, that German visitors flocking to ancient Greek tourist sites are being met with a hostile welcome.
Berlin's interference has revived historical enmities and evoked comparisons to the massive destruction of Greece at the hands of Hitler's Germany more than 65 years ago.
Cartoons have sprung up depicting the European Union's 'troika' as ferocious soldiers in Second World War uniforms. Cartoons appearing in Greek newspapers have drawn comparisons with the Nazis. (ANI)
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