'I knew he had been executed, but I didn’t know about the photograph,' said Thrasyvoulos Marakis from Platanias, Crete, about his grandfather, Thrasyvoulos Kalafatakis, who was among the 200 men executed in WWII by Nazi forces on May 1, 1944

The Greek Ministry of Culture investigates the sale of WWII-era photos from the Kaisariani executions, facing legal complexities; experts suggest direct purchase as the most practical way to secure these sensitive historical materials

Greece moves to reclaim alleged WWII photos tied to the 1944 execution of 200 resistance prisoners, as questions over authenticity, ownership and historical memory ignite political and public debate.

Athens aims to establish whether the photographs are real and how they came into the possession of the Ghent collection before commencing procedures to acquire them

Newly surfaced images appear to show the execution of 200 Greek resistance fighters during Nazi Occupation in 1944