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Today is international Holocaust day. It is a day when we respectfully remember all those who tragically lost their lives in the Second World War in such awful circumstances. Zakynthos was a small flame of hope that burned brightly during the war when two brave men Bishop Chrysostomos and Mayor …

In October 2017, a highly anticipated documentary called Life Will Smile was released. This piece, filmed on the island of Zakynthos, was a brave documentary about the life of the islands Jewish population during WW2. The story of the Zakynthian Jews during the Second World War, has become a well …

PRESS RELEASE Ionian Islands Region commemorates Holocaust Remembrance Day. Laying wreaths on the old Zakynthos Synagogue. Memorial service by Rhodes Kratsa – Tsagaropoulos Ionian Regional Jewish Synagogue in Zakynthos , who risked their lives in occupied Greece, saved many of their Jewish fellow citizens from certain death. The Ionian Regional …

Many are aware of the heroic story of how the islands Jewish population were saved during WW2. One of the heroes of that story, Mayor Karrer, went on to survive the war and continued to live out his life with his wife Lilley and their children. Today it has been …