{"id":68111,"date":"2026-03-02T12:06:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T12:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/photos-showing-last-moments-of-men-executed-by-nazis-acquired-by-greece-after-appearing-on-ebay\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T12:06:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T12:06:26","slug":"photos-showing-last-moments-of-men-executed-by-nazis-acquired-by-greece-after-appearing-on-ebay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/photos-showing-last-moments-of-men-executed-by-nazis-acquired-by-greece-after-appearing-on-ebay\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos showing last moments of men executed by Nazis acquired by Greece after appearing on eBay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Greece has acquired a trove of World War II photographs showing the last moments of 200 men executed by German soldiers following the assassination of a Nazi general, the culture minister said Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The collection includes 262 photographs, 16 documents and four contemporary banknotes. The photographs are believed to have been taken by a German soldier who had also served in Belgium and France.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The transfer of ownership of the photographic collection&#8230; has been completed,&#8221; Lina Mendoni <a href=\"https:\/\/www.culture.gov.gr\/el\/Information\/SitePages\/view.aspx?nID=5605\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry had previously said they showed &#8220;the last moments&#8221; of 200 communists executed at an Athens shooting range on May 1, 1944.<\/p>\n<p>Twelve of the photographs had appeared on the eBay site Crain&#8217;s Militaria earlier this month before being taken down.<\/p>\n<p>They had provoked strong emotions in Greece, especially among relatives of the victims.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/02\/b7f39680-eea5-4af1-8a19-b912bb618d7d\/thumbnail\/620x384g2\/c7c69658204ba36cf77997d929aac92b\/greece-hcqgdh9xoaepgx1.jpg#\" alt=\"greece-hcqgdh9xoaepgx1.jpg \" height=\"384\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/02\/b7f39680-eea5-4af1-8a19-b912bb618d7d\/thumbnail\/620x384g2\/c7c69658204ba36cf77997d929aac92b\/greece-hcqgdh9xoaepgx1.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/02\/b7f39680-eea5-4af1-8a19-b912bb618d7d\/thumbnail\/1240x768g2\/d24effa8bcbb428af5f9f7338cd88500\/greece-hcqgdh9xoaepgx1.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Greece acquired a trove of World War II photographs showing the last moments of 200 men executed by German soldiers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Greece Culture Ministry<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ministry officials then traveled to Belgium to meet the collector who put them for sale and verify their authenticity.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the images had received bids worth more than $2,000 before Belgian collector Tim de Craen took them down, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/europe\/20260219-unseen-photos-nazi-executions-greek-resistance-fighters-wwii-ebay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">France 24 reported<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I fully understand that these photographs are of a particularly sensitive historical nature,&#8221; he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kathimerini.gr\/society\/564080335\/katochos-fotografion-kaisarianis-stin-k-diekopsa-ti-dimoprasia-anameno-to-elliniko-kratos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">told Greek newspaper I Kathimerini<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The executions followed the killing of a German general and his staff by communist guerrillas a few days earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Greece was under Nazi occupation from 1941 until 1944.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the executed men had been arrested years earlier during anti-communist raids by the police of Greek dictator Ioannis Metaxas.<\/p>\n<p>Until now, the only testimony of the 200 victims&#8217; final moments were from handwritten notes they threw out of the trucks taking them to the execution site.<\/p>\n<p>One of the pictures shows the men marching through a field. Others show them standing against a wall at the shooting range.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/02\/f6acdfe6-15a0-454d-ab71-15557dab029f\/thumbnail\/620x407g8\/0602841aa56abf1a7d075d7103987052\/nazi-hcqgdh-xiaafovc.jpg#\" alt=\"nazi-hcqgdh-xiaafovc.jpg \" height=\"407\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/02\/f6acdfe6-15a0-454d-ab71-15557dab029f\/thumbnail\/620x407g8\/0602841aa56abf1a7d075d7103987052\/nazi-hcqgdh-xiaafovc.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/02\/f6acdfe6-15a0-454d-ab71-15557dab029f\/thumbnail\/1240x814g8\/bd09e68cf6e45d05200a85a579c8e370\/nazi-hcqgdh-xiaafovc.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Greece acquired a trove of World War II photographs showing the last moments of 200 men executed by German soldiers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Greece Culture Ministry<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The most dramatic photograph shows several of them looking defiantly into the camera. Two of them appear to be singing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The photographs shocked me,&#8221; Polymeris Voglis, a university professor in social history in Greece, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/europe\/20260219-unseen-photos-nazi-executions-greek-resistance-fighters-wwii-ebay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">told France 24<\/a>. &#8220;Although the execution of 200 resistance fighters is a well-known historical event, until now there has been no photographic evidence of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some of the photographs show the faces of the men, reflecting their determination as they walk proudly towards the firing squad,&#8221; Voglis told the outlet.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 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