Eleftheria, Forever in Black

Alkis Pappas is the author of Eleftheria forever in black: Born in 1936 in Alestia a tiny remote village in central Greece, he was the last of 10 children born in to Dimitrios and Olympias Papaioannou family. During WWII at the age of four years old he was a victim of the German occupation hiding in the caves of the hide mountains where only eagles and condors dare to go. After WWII was over the ordeal continued into 1950 with the Greek civil war. Once again hungry and barefooted fled to the snowy mountains, but this time earth couldn't provide the vital wild veggie roots because of the snow-covered ground and the freezing weather. After two weeks on the road hungry and exhausted we arrived at the big city Agrínio were the churches open their soup kitchens and the schools gave temporary shelters to the needy. In the span of 7 years 940-1947 our family lost three young family members age seven to 23 years old, including Nikolas who was in the Greek army. All these unfortunate events left a big scar in Alkis life. All these unfortunate events left a big scar in my life. All these tragic unfortunate events they never healed and 75 years later still suffering from the childhood tragic events. Nightmares and depression still hunting 75. years later.