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Man tells of pride as newly emerged photo reveals Greek grandfather being led to Nazi execution
- The Greek government unveiled 262 Nazi-era photographs from Kaisariani, showing prisoners before execution.
- Greece purchased the wartime archive from a Belgian collector for 100,000 euros.
- The 262 photos were taken by Wehrmacht officer Hermann Heuer during 1943–44 in Greece.
- Culture Minister Lina Mendoni stressed the photographs restore individual identities to victims.
- Thrasivoulos Marakis said the newly surfaced image confirmed his grandfather’s identity.
- The archive includes 262 photos and wartime clippings, revealing Nazi occupation policies.
- Historians highlighted the images as rare visual records of Nazi reprisals in Greece.
- Digital copies will be provided to families and institutions upon request.
- The Kaisariani executions were a Nazi reprisal for a resistance attack in southern Greece.
- Greece plans to identify people shown and release names as part of the archive work.
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