Greek Reporter
Feb 26 2010
Letter of protest to the publishers of the German magazine FOCUS by
the Federation of Greek Communities in Germany
Posted on 27 February 2010 by Apostolos Papapostolou
A letter of protest, written in a harsh tone, was issued today to the
publishers of the German magazine FOCUS by OEK (Federation of Greek
Communities in Germany), regarding the publication of two defamatory
articles against Greece which are featured, as it is known, on this
month’s edition of the magazine.
In the letter it is stated, among other things, that Greek immigrants
in Germany who are well aware of the meaning of hard work, do not
agree with retirement after 15 years of work, do not approve of
bribing, criticise nepotism, fraud, setting the country in excessive
debt, creative statistics and salute the fact that the governments of
Germany and other European countries provided political support to
Greece and that the EU will monitor the implementation of the
Stability and Growth pact which was adopted by the Greek government.
However, as OEK underline, more subjects should be placed under
discussion, such as the pandering of the Greek Political system from
Multinationals ` such as Siemens- the state of security of Greece,
which makes it consider necessary to proceed to financially vigorous
measures and also the interest of the countries that actually sell and
many more conditions which led to the state of Greece as it is today.
The letter continues that views, such as the one of the president of
the Foundation of Financial Research of the German economy Ifo, should
be placed under discussion as well. An interview of the president of
the Foundation of Financial Research is also included in the this
month’s issue whereby he states that instead of dismissing Greece from
the Euro zone or the case of its inclusion in the International
Monetary Fund, he would prefer the withdrawal of Germany from the
Euro, in order to restore the German Mark and speaks of the
`usefulness’ of `depreciating the Euro’ so that German exports can
flourish.
This would be the objective level of a genuine discussion in European
public opinion terms. Instead of this, OEK is blaming the Focus
magazine publishers, the magazine that decided to discredit the entire
Greek people, by insulting in a very disrespectful way our cultural
heritage and by spreading lies regarding our level of intellect and
culture.
OEK continues in their letter to the publishers of the magazine by
stating that: You are so easily degrading Aristotle, leaving out the
destruction of ancient Greek statues by the Byzantines, you pour
crocodile tears for the fall of Esperia to the Otomans, you record the
massacres against the Greek nation, and you mention Falmerayer `
honestly since when was the measuring of the head’s circumference
known as a measure of determining racial identity? ` and all that just
to prove that the real Greek Nation has been long gone and as forgers
of history itself you wish to become sensors and governors of the
Hellenic culture. This is not fair and true, it is simply racist.
What of course is missing from what the purebred editors of the
magazine are listing, as it was identified by OEK in a very caustic
tone, is making reference to three critical points ` the glorious
participation of the Crusaders towards the destruction of Byzantium,
the contribution of Imperial Germany to the ethnic massacres carried
out by the Turks against Armenians and Greeks in Minor Asia, and
lastly the stealing of Greek Ancient artifacts by the Nazis as well as
their heroic acts against the Greek People and the Greek Economy ` the
occupational debt worth billions ` if you exclude the fact that the
Nazis paid a couple of installments ` remains unpaid to date.
So much bile against an entire nation, such cheap and dangerous
demagogy, can only resemble journalism of the Superhuman race, aiming
towards increasing the number of their copies only. However, the
reactions to your inappropriate actions will soon follow. And this is
sad. We, concludes the letter, along with the sane people of this
country, whom you put to shame with your articles, will gather the
debris you left behind and will detoxify the relations between the two
nations from the poison that you shed.
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