As Europe has just commemorated the 77th anniversary of the Allies' May 8, 1945 victory over Nazi Germany , the issue of World War II reparations continues to haunt relations between two European states: Germany and Germany . ' Italy . The case has taken on such proportions that the main judicial body of the United Nations, the International Court of Justice ( ICJ ), was seized by Berlin on April 29 to examine the dispute. Several prestigious buildings located in Rome and belonging to the German State are at risk of being seized by the Italian courts . The...