Greek Restaurant Targeted With Hate Mail In Düsseldorf

A Greek restaurant in Düsseldorf has become the victim of anonymous hate mail which branded Greece as "corrupt and lazy." The German mass media is being held responsible for rousing negativity against Greeks.



The letter, sent to the Plato's Restaurant in the western German city of Düsseldorf, has received more than 12,000 Facebook "likes" and been shared more than 3,000 times since restaurant owner Christina Maria Dora posted the letter on the social media website on Tuesday evening.



'Brazen, impertinent'



Fueled by the ongoing debate over Greece's bailout by European creditors, an anonymous writer targeted the family business which has existed for over three decades.



"YOUR new Greek government is brazen, impertinent and behaves like a mob of crude, mannerless jerks," the writer begins, before accusing Greece of "extorting other hardworking countries" in order to continue its "lazy and comfortable lifestyle."



"Pay taxes...why? Work...why?" the letter says, "Laying in the sun is much more comfortable, especially when others pay for it."



"As long as this government continues to sordidly disparage and offend the particularly hardworking and economical Europeans and Germans, we will no longer be buying anymore Greek goods, nor stepping foot in your premises," the letter promises. "Go back to your own corrupt, rotten and totally incapable dirty Greece."



In response to the letter, Dora said that it was "a shame after 31 years to feel unwelcome." "We speak and write German and pay taxes like evey other German citizen. We have created jobs and built our life here," she added.



'One-sided' representation



Amid negotiations with European creditors in recent weeks, the German press has seen a significant increase in Greece's presence across its headlines.



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