German troops loot Athens

28th April 1941: The Nazis use an 'occupation currency' to systematically steal from the Greeks and give their troops the 'spoils of war'

German Field Marshal Wilhelm List (right) reviews troops during a victory parade in Athens, April 27, 1941, as Athenians watch from the rooftops.

The entire Nazi economic model rested on territorial conquest and exploitation¹. Hitler’s ‘economic miracle’ in pre-war Germany had been a pretence supported by statistical manipulation, lies and propaganda. Had…