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The Jerusalem Post Blogs15d
Mass grave from Greek Civil War discovered in Thessaloniki
Yedi Kule fortress was a prison where Communist sympathizers were tortured and executed during the Greek Civil War from 1946 to 1949. Historians and the Greek Communist Party report that as many ...
Winnipeg Free Press21d
Greece’s dark past is uncovered after 33 bodies are found in a civil war-era mass grave
containing remains believed to belong to dozens of prisoners executed during or after the Greek civil war. (Municipality of Neapoli-Sykies via AP) It’s common to find ancient remains or objects ...
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Mass grave from Greek Civil War discovered in Thessaloniki
Workers in Thessaloniki uncovered a mass grave dating back to Greece's civil war during construction work at a local park. The discovery began when a crew excavating soil in the Park of National ...
The Independent20d
The chance discovery of a mass grave opens up old wounds in Greece
containing remains believed to belong to dozens of prisoners executed during or after the Greek civil war. (Municipality of Neapoli-Sykies via AP) Descendants have been coming to the site in ...
YourTango6d
6 Sacrifices Parents Make That Children Usually Never Appreciate, According To Experts
In 2022, researchers interviewed a group of men and women who were separated from both their parents due to political reasons during the Greek Civil War. The adult children viewed their childhood ...
SBS18d
The famous Greek Presidential guards come to Australia
but most Greeks moved after World War Two and the Greek Civil War with migration peaking between the late 1940s to the early 1970s. Some of those migrants are now being supported in aged care by ...
Greek Reporter2d
The Remarkable Story of the Greek Spy Who Helped Defeat the Nazis
The story of Helias Doundoulakis is like a great war movie. It is the story of the Greek spy who helped Greece and the United ...
The New Yorker29d
Was the Civil War Inevitable?
Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America.
Proto Thema7d
The “orphans of Greece” return to their families 70 years later – How the industry of illegal adoptions was set up after the Civil War
Taking Greek citizenship by law - How the "industry" of illegal adoptions was set up between 1949 and 1962 in the USA, for $3 ...
Greek Reporter8d
Mother’s Day: Timeless Photo of Greek Mother Saying Goodbye to Son
The photo of the emotional Greek mother bidding one last farewell to her son is the essence of what is celebrated on Mother's ...
seattlepi.com20d
Greece's dark past is uncovered after 33 bodies are found in a civil war-era mass grave
Greece’s Civil War began in the wake of World War II ... Eastern Europe and many Latin American countries — or suppress it for fear of fresh division. Greek emergency laws were gradually lifted and ...
The Boston Globe20d
Greece’s dark past is uncovered after 33 bodies are found in a civil war-era mass grave
Greece’s Civil War began in the wake of World War II ... American countries — or suppress it for fear of fresh division. Greek emergency laws were gradually lifted and only fully abolished ...