How the Kefalonia killings led to the World War II massacre of Greece’s Jews
The Holocaust in Greece has always occupied a strangely small place in the broader memory of World War II. This is despite the fact that Greece lost somewhere around 80 to 90 percent of its…
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A new examination of the Holocaust in Greece argues that its scale has been underrecognized, with the destruction of 80 to 90 percent of the country's Jewish population. The piece connects this to the Kefalonia killings, suggesting a direct causal link between a specific wartime event and the subsequent mass murder of Greek Jews. Readers should watch for how this argument reframes the timeline and responsibility for the genocide in Greece.