DEFIANT ATHENS
Rec. 1 p.m. ANKARA. Or". 26. After a series of bomb throwings in Athens, tne German military commander. having failed to discover those responsible, has ordered the execution fit 20 hostages. These were marched half naked through tne streets with a firing .--quad beio being shot. The Germans hoped thus to friehten the population, but tn[rSs cheeredjk hostages shou - ing. "You are heroes. W. «Hi - avenged."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 254, 27 October 1942, Page 3
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