Greek / American Operational Group Office of Strategic Services (OSS)
Memoirs of World War 2

Photo 34

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Monument to 10,000 Greeks in the Drama regioin executed by the Axis in a three-week period during September-October 1941.

The inscription says:

This pillar is dedicated to the sacred memory of ten thousand victims of martyred Drama who fell from Bulgarian bullets and swords in the mass slaughters of September and October 1941. Let these sacrifices be found in the line of heroes and martyrs of the nation, for heavy was their lot …