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Word: makri (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...your husband, this your child." Kleoniki was forced into the battle of Vitsi. She deserted and got back to her village-without her children. In Fourka Konitsa, the villagers learned in advance of the guerrillas' abduction plans. They hid the children in ditches. The guerrillas, frustrated, took Sofia Makri and 20 other mothers to the mountains and tortured them. Said Sofia last week: "They hung us from pine trees. They burned our feet with coals. They beat us. When we fainted they revived us with cold water from the spring. Fourteen of us died up there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REFUGEES: Innocents' Day | 1/9/1950 | See Source »

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