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The city of Thessaloniki, Greece in modern times.
The author in Thessaloniki, Greece.
The author and her husband, Michael. Michael was instrumental in repeatedly proofreading the story of 600 pages.
The author met with Greek officials who helped identify her father portrayed as Alexandros in the book.
The Greek official, Zinon Satrazemis who lectured about Zorbas at the University of New Hampshire also helped the author obtain details about her father.
The professor, Dr. Despo Lialiou from the University of Thessaloniki helped to research and find the college records of the author's father and arranged a special meeting with Greek officials to help identify the author's father.
The author's father grew up in this village in Northern Greece, Katafigi.
The author's father is the boy in the photograph, his sister is the little girl, the author's grandfather is on the left, her great grandfather is in the middle, and her grandmother is standing on the left. Those individuals are Alexandros's father, grandmother, grandfather, and sister in the story.
In the book's story, Alexandros's father gathered the boys from his village in Greece and helped them learn and act out plays based on Greek historical events. Alexandros's father would then take the boys out to the village's bakery for a treat. This was a true event that happened in the author's family in Greece.
This is the author's mother and sister portrayed as Katerina and Maria in the story. This is a passport photograph used when they escaped Greece after the Triple Occupation.
This photo is the author's father portrayed as Alexandros in the story when he attended the University of Thessaloniki, Greece. This photo was from the records of the University of Thessaloniki.
Entrance to the Jewish Museum in Thessaloniki, Greece.
Jewish children in Thessaloniki were slaughtered by the Nazis during World War 2.
This painting is found in the Art Museum of Larissa, Greece and shows the Greek Resistance hanging the Greek traitors.
This painting is found in the Museum of Larissa, Greece and shows systemic starvation during the German occupation.
Entrance to the War Museum in Thessaloniki.
Found in the Museum of War in Thessaloniki, this image is in memory of October 28th, 1940 when the Prime Minister Metaxas in Athens boasted a loud Oxi or no to the Italian ambassador Grazzi who threatened to invade Greece.
Found in the War Museum in Thessaloniki, Italy invaded Greece in 1940 initiating the Greco-Italian War in Albania.
This photo shows the Greek soldiers moving artillery.
This image shows the Greek soldiers using mules and horses to move the artillery.
This image shows Greek soldiers returning from the battlefield.
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