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Old 30-01-2008, 09:05 PM   #12 (permalink)
poppypiper
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Originally Posted by harribobs View Post
for those that haven't guessed, Crete is one of my special interests

although the mood of the island is definetly reconciliation towards the germans, they (quite rightly) still remember what happen during the war. each village has it's memorial to its casualties, civilian and andartes

so i am posting a few pictures which i hope will be of interest

the first is found in the mountain town of Anogia, this is the english translation, the other plaques ar ein greek and the original german
I ma planning a journey to Crete in September 2008 to play my pipes in tribute to the civilians who died in WW2. Would be grateful of any information regarding names of casualties and twons/villages they lived in.
Bill Jenkins
Liverpool
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