MURDERED BY NAZIS
TWENTY GREEK HOSTAGES IN ATHENS AFTER FAILURE TO DISCOVER BOMB THROWERS. CROWDS PROMISE VENGEANCE. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, October 26. After a series of bombs had been thrown in Athens, the German military commander, failing to discover the throwers, ordered the execution of 20 hostages, says a message from Ankara. These were marched half-naked through the streets with the firing squad before being shot. The Germans hoped to frighten the population, but crowds 1 cheered the hostages, shouting: “You are heroes! You will be avenged!”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 October 1942, Page 4
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