695 men killed in Kalavryta, Greece

Sorry for the hiatus, and the lack of activity on our part.  As stated earlier our internet has been down for the last 2 days.
I know this is a long over due post, but some had asked about the little village we went skiing in a couple weeks back.

Kalavryta is a small mountain village of about 8,000 residents, located on Greece's Peloponnese.

The red dot is Kalavryta and the purple spot is Athens

Surprisingly, Kalavryta has a very interesting history for two reasons.  The first, sparked the Greek War of Independence, and the other occurred during World War II.

On March 21, 1821, the Greek flag was raised at the monastery of Agia Lavra and sparked the Greek Revolution against the ruling Ottoman Empire.

Bishop Germanos of old Patras blessing the Greek banner at Agia Lavra on the outset of the national revolt against the Turks.

The second infamous event in Kalavryta is known by two names: Massacre of Kalavryta or The Holocaust of Kalavryta.  On December 13, 1943 Nazi troops, in response to Greek guerrillas hiding and attacking in the surrounding mountains, marched to the town of Kalavryta, burning villages and murdering civilians on their way. When they reached the town they locked all women and children in the town's school and ordered all male residents 12 and older to a hill just overlooking the village. There, the German troops machine-gunned down all of them. Around 695 male citizens were murdered and only 12 male survivors who were present on that day.  

German soldiers of the 117th Jäger Division in the burning town of Kalavryta.

The memorial commemorating the fallen citizens of the massacre.

Sources used: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalavryta