When World War Two came to Greece, a period of terrible human suffering followed. There was a brutal battle with Italian and then Nazi forces, followed by an occupation in which thousands were executed and a terrible famine swept the nation.
There’s an often repeated number that appears to capture the brutality of this time – that 10% of the Greek population died during the war.
We investigate where this statistic comes from and whether it is true.
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