Germany's current sado-montarism towards Greece conceals its own naughty debtor past. Here's an older piece from Spiegel Online in English:
"Think Greece's current economic malaise is the worst ever experienced in Europe? Think again. Germany, economic historian Albrecht Ritschl argues in a SPIEGEL ONLINE interview, has been the worst debtor nation of the past century. He warns the country should take a more chaste approach in the euro crisis or it could face renewed demands for World War II reparations. "
Full article: http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,769703,00.html