Spiegel: Germany Was Biggest Debt Transgressor of 20th Century
    Economic Historian      'Germany Was Biggest Debt Transgressor of 20th Century'                                        21/6/2011    Former German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer (left) during a  meeting with the High Commission of the Allies in 1951: Eschewing of  reparations demands "a life-saving gesture"      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.    SPIEGEL ONLINE:  Mr. Ritschl, Germany is coming across like a  know-it-all in the debate over aid for Greece. Berlin is intransigent  and is demanding obedience from Athens. Is this attitude justified?          Ritschl:  No, there is no basis for it.   SPIEGEL ONLINE:  Most Germans would...