$61 million ransom

Germany Urged to Resolve Greek Holocaust Ransom Issue

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The World Jewish Congress urged Germany to address a request by the Greek Jewish community of Thessaloniki to be paid back for a ransom it had surrendered to the Nazis when they occupied Greece during the Second World War. In 1942, the Greek Jewish community paid 1.9 billion drachmas (about $61 million in today's money) […]