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Word: mavromati (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...patrol wound on: to Mavromati where, a few days previously, Andartes had carried off 40 men and boys; to Skinia, where the guerrillas had rounded up women and girls. The captain asked one villager if he had given food or clothing to the guerrillas. The villager shrugged: "Do you think I would be alive if I hadn't?" The other Greek officers stared at their boots in some embarrassment. Technically, this man could be arrested for "aiding rebellion." But here, that made no sense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREECE: Oxi Avrio-Tora! | 2/23/1948 | See Source »

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