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My village in Greece was burned to the ground and the Nazis executed 30 people, including women and kids. I have a family member that fled when he was 12 y/o (

My village in Greece was burned to the ground and the Nazis executed 30 people, including women and kids. I have a family member that fled when he was 12 y/o (now 86) with his brother, while his father, mother, sister and 2 brothers were executed. Yet nor he or his family were ever reimbursed or even acknowledged. Unfortunately he never made it big, nor he was lobbying in the US :( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kallikratis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kallikratis to whoever wants to read a bit more on that. If any blogger etc wants to get in touch with him (he has a lot of stories to tell) let me know. He won't charge or get paid, he'll just welcome you to his house and treat you. (I can also translate for free).

expertentipp 9y ago
> Yet nor he or his family were ever reimbursed or even acknowledged Native population of European countries, forced to "work" in German agriculture and industry, inhabitants of annihilated villages are the forgotten victims. There are no monuments to them, no lobby groups, they received no compensations except physical and mental, oftentimes fatal, traumas.
- ashirusnw 9y ago
  This is true, but likewise the entirety of Europe and much of Asia and the Middle East suffered to. Here in the UK, no-one commemorates the British civilian victims of German Bombings, as one tiny example. Likewise civilian victims of other 20th century wars. WW2 was a western world international trauma with no-one unscathed, and various groups suffering to different unimaginable degrees. But the Holocaust, in its extreme brutality and relentless focus on racial genocide by a civilised Western nation, was a different level altogether.
  - mtempm 9y ago
    Undoubtedly a tragedy created by evil. I'm not so sure it is entirely different than anything else in the world, though. One example: Native American genocide by some estimates killed more people, though until 2017 the US Government still maintained a policy of refusing to acknowledge it even happened, even though they paid bounties per head killed. It appears this injustice of genocide denialism may even continue into the future.
taway_1212 9y ago
> My village in Greece was burned to the ground and the Nazis executed 30 people Could we please stop using the term "Nazis" when referring to WWII Germans? A nazi is a member of (Hitler's) NSDAP party, while the war was conducted by GERMANS, not just party members. When you read any texts from say the fourties, no one is speaking of fighting the Nazis - they're fighting the Germans. People who still remember the war also don't ever use term Nazis. It was introduced later to dissociate the German nation from probably the most unimaginable attrocity in human history. Don't fall for the manipulation.
- thriftwy 9y ago
  This is so true. The Germans suffered virtually nothing for conducting WWII and The Holocaust. Slap on a wrist, and then making them the showcase of socialism & the showcase of capitalism and most successful regions on both sides of Iron Curtain. It is like when, in some third world country, some big boss runs over a kid with his car while speeding. The rhethoric goes like this: We really want to make a lesson to you, fellow citizens, to abide by rules and not speed and certainly never run people over, and we're certainly not going to prosecute this valuable member of the society. Talk about mixed signals in international politics.
  - yAnonymous 9y ago
    >The Germans suffered virtually nothing for conducting WWII and The Holocaust. Except for the millions who died in combat or were murdered by the allied forces and the fact that we are still paying today for something we had no involvement in. Anyway, it's almost the same for the U.S. today. All the crap they've pulled in foreign countries since after WW II has no consequences for them at all. U.S. politics are directly responsible for the deaths of millions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_r... Money and economics has ruled back then (decisions after WW II) and it still does now.
    - thriftwy 9y ago
      > Money and economics has ruled back then and it still does now. Then what becomes of the story of The Holocaust? What's the take away then?
redsummer 9y ago
The genocide of the Armenians and Pontic Greeks a couple of decades before WW2 was a major influence on Hitler. The Greeks had been in the area of the Black Sea for 'only' three thousand years, so they were not local according to the Ottomans.
6d6b73 9y ago
What you should do, is get a sound recorder and record his stories. And of course you should post the to storycorps or similar place.

expertentipp 9y ago

> Yet nor he or his family were ever reimbursed or even acknowledged Native population of European countries, forced to "work" in German agriculture and industry, inhabitants of annihilated villages are the forgotten victims. There are no monuments to them, no lobby groups, they received no compensations except physical and mental, oftentimes fatal, traumas.

ashirusnw 9y ago
This is true, but likewise the entirety of Europe and much of Asia and the Middle East suffered to. Here in the UK, no-one commemorates the British civilian victims of German Bombings, as one tiny example. Likewise civilian victims of other 20th century wars. WW2 was a western world international trauma with no-one unscathed, and various groups suffering to different unimaginable degrees. But the Holocaust, in its extreme brutality and relentless focus on racial genocide by a civilised Western nation, was a different level altogether.
- mtempm 9y ago
  Undoubtedly a tragedy created by evil. I'm not so sure it is entirely different than anything else in the world, though. One example: Native American genocide by some estimates killed more people, though until 2017 the US Government still maintained a policy of refusing to acknowledge it even happened, even though they paid bounties per head killed. It appears this injustice of genocide denialism may even continue into the future.

taway_1212 9y ago

> My village in Greece was burned to the ground and the Nazis executed 30 people Could we please stop using the term "Nazis" when referring to WWII Germans? A nazi is a member of (Hitler's) NSDAP party, while the war was conducted by GERMANS, not just party members. When you read any texts from say the fourties, no one is speaking of fighting the Nazis - they're fighting the Germans. People who still remember the war also don't ever use term Nazis. It was introduced later to dissociate the German nation from probably the most unimaginable attrocity in human history. Don't fall for the manipulation.

thriftwy 9y ago
This is so true. The Germans suffered virtually nothing for conducting WWII and The Holocaust. Slap on a wrist, and then making them the showcase of socialism & the showcase of capitalism and most successful regions on both sides of Iron Curtain. It is like when, in some third world country, some big boss runs over a kid with his car while speeding. The rhethoric goes like this: We really want to make a lesson to you, fellow citizens, to abide by rules and not speed and certainly never run people over, and we're certainly not going to prosecute this valuable member of the society. Talk about mixed signals in international politics.
- yAnonymous 9y ago
  >The Germans suffered virtually nothing for conducting WWII and The Holocaust. Except for the millions who died in combat or were murdered by the allied forces and the fact that we are still paying today for something we had no involvement in. Anyway, it's almost the same for the U.S. today. All the crap they've pulled in foreign countries since after WW II has no consequences for them at all. U.S. politics are directly responsible for the deaths of millions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_r... Money and economics has ruled back then (decisions after WW II) and it still does now.
  - thriftwy 9y ago
    > Money and economics has ruled back then and it still does now. Then what becomes of the story of The Holocaust? What's the take away then?

redsummer 9y ago

The genocide of the Armenians and Pontic Greeks a couple of decades before WW2 was a major influence on Hitler. The Greeks had been in the area of the Black Sea for 'only' three thousand years, so they were not local according to the Ottomans.

6d6b73 9y ago

What you should do, is get a sound recorder and record his stories. And of course you should post the to storycorps or similar place.