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World War 2

Agia Roumeli Honors Mauthausen Concentration Camp Martyrs

2021-10-18 by Argophilia Travel News

Himmler at Mauthausen

Crete officials pay tribute to the family of Cretans captured in World War 2 by the Nazis and sent to Mauthausen Concentration Camp.

Tags: Agia Roumeli, Agia Roumeli monument, Archimandrite Athanasios Karachalios, Athanasios Karachalios, Chania news, Kyriakos Kotsoglou, Manousos Hiotaki, Mauthausen, Nazi occupation, Sfakia, Sfakia news, World War 2

Symi Celebrates May 8th End of WW2 Without the World

2020-05-09 by Phil Butler

Symi

Yesterday, a few officials and citizens gathered in Symi to celebrate the anniversary of 8 May 1945, end of the Second World War.

Tags: British SBS, Dodecanese Islands, Greece campaign, Greek Sacred Band, Nazis, Operation Tenement, Raid on Symi, Special Boat Service, Symi, symi island, Symi Raid, World War 2

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