Axis occupation of Greece

One of the most mysterious cases during the Occupation is the actions and unjust death of a brave soldier, Ioannis Tsigantes – Svoronos. This case has all the elements that could easily make it a cinematic story: a sabotage group, abundant money, failed missions, betrayals, romantic entanglements, and a mysterious death. Let’s start from the beginning.

One of the lesser-known but significant issues from the WWII occupation of Greece is the forced occupation loan extracted by the Nazis and, to a lesser degree, the Italians. This controversial topic is thoroughly explored by journalist and political analyst Giorgos Harvalias in his book “Jawohl!

Greece's claims for World War II reparations from Germany remains "absolutely open" for the Greek government, Defense Minister Nikos Dendias said on Wednesday.

Dendias was speaking from Kalavryta where he marked the 80th anniversary of the massacre during the Nazi occupation of Greece in World War II, representing the government. 

The Hellenic Police (ELAS) has responded to a media report criticizing Citizens' Protection Minister Takis Theodorikakos for purportedly surrounding himself with an "army" of police for his security detail and, as a result, depriving the public of their services.

One of the very few Greek Jews who survived the Holocaust, Esther Cohen, has died in her native Ioannina in northwestern Greece. She was 96. 

She was the only survivor in her family as her parents and siblings were killed. There are now only 20 Greek Jews that survived the Holocaust who are still alive.

She was also the second to last Jew left in Ioannina.

A prosecutor in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki has ordered an urgent investigation into the destruction by unknown vandals of a local Jewish memorial.

Prosecutor Evangelos Zarkantzias instructed police Monday to treat the attack on a monument marking a former Jewish cemetery as a breach of Greece's laws against racism, which carry harsher penalties than ordinary vandalism.

Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words and a single black and white photograph can beat even the most convincing arguments and excuses.