Axis occupation of Greece

World Premiere of Out of the Ashes of Holocaust by Joshua Fishbein

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Thursday, May 13, 2021
Theatre, Entertainment, Music, Greek culture, Athens, Temples, Acropolis of Athens, Parthenon, Persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire, Axis occupation of Greece, Acropolis, Ancient Greek religion

View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210513005212/en/\nIn April 1941 Nazi Germany invaded and occupied Greece, and on April 28 raised the swastika on Acropolis Hill, steps from the Parthenon.

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210513005212/en/\nIn April 1941 Nazi Germany invaded and occupied Greece, and on April 28 raised the swastika on Acropolis Hill, steps from the Parthenon.
  • In September 1943, the composer\xe2\x80\x99s grandmother, Josephine Velelli Becker, at age seven, went into hiding with eight other members of her family, protected by a Christian family in Nazi-occupied Greece.
  • The composer observed \xe2\x80\x9c\xe2\x80\xa6 except for the extraordinary kindness of this family, my grandmother\xe2\x80\x99s family would most certainly have perished along with 90 percent of the Greek Jewish community.
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