Court of Justice 8 November 2006, C-292/05 (Eirini Lechouritou and Others v Dimosio tis Omospondiakis Dimokratias tis Germanias.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I – Introduction 1. ‘The … War was a prolonged struggle, during the course of which an unparalleled number of misfortunes befell Hellas. Never had so many cities been taken and laid desolate … never had there so much banishing and slaughter …’.