On September 9 1943, the head of the Nazi German occupation forces on the Greek…
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We published a story about a town in Turkey named Kayaköy (Levissi in Greek) that…
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On This Day September 8, 1944: Resistance Fighter Lela Karagianni Is Murdered by the Nazis
Her story is the stuff legends are made of— a simple homemaker and mother of…
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After more than 2,000 years, the Battle of Thermopylae remains widely depicted and revered in…
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“On the Quay at Smyrna” narrates in detail the violence and suffering wrought by the…
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Only weeks before the departure of the Nazis from Greece, yet another brutal massacre took…
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At dawn, Nazi German troops surrounded the small village Cretan village of Kakopetros located approximately…
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For centuries, the shape of the Earth was a leading topic of thought among philosophers,…
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A version of this article appears in print on Sept. 25, 2016, Section TR, Page…
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Today marks the anniversary of one of the most violent — and widely forgotten —…