The Massacre of the Italian Acqui Division on Cefalonia in 1943
The Massacre of the Acqui Division, also known as the Cephalonia Massacre, was the mass execution of the men of the Italian 33rd Acqui Infantry Division by the Germans on the island of Cephalonia, Greece, in September 1943.
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The Massacre of the Acqui Division
The Massacre of the Acqui Division, also known as the Cephalonia Massacre, was the mass execution of the men of the Italian 33rd Acqui Infantry Division by the Germans on the island of Cephalonia
KEFALONIA, GREECE | travel vlog
This is the video of my travel in Kefallinia,Greece.
Kefallinia (or Kefalonia,Cephalonia or Κεφαλονιά ) is the largest island of the Ionian Sea in western Greece. It's interesting, charming and relaxing place.
Hope you will love this video as much i loved it and loved editing it!
PLACES THAT APPEAR IN THE VIDEO:
Argostoli City
Lixouri City
Sami City
Agia Eufemia City
Assos City
Petani Beach
Myrtos Beach
Atheras Beach
Vatsa Beach
Lepeda Beach
Melissani Cave
Livadi Beach
Memorial Acqui Division
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Kefalonia part 5
Day 6
Our last day on Kefalonia. The airline sends me an email: 55minl late. Well we still had the whole day. During the night we had a lot of rain till the morning. The owner came to tell we didn’t have to vacate our room, and could stay longer. We still decided on leaving.
This time we took the ferry to Argostoli. We visited the Italian war monument, the massacre of the Acqui division. The numbers are impressive, 1315 kiled in action, 5155 executed by the German(Austrian) mountantroops (gebirgsjäger) 3000 drowned on deportation.
Further we drove round a little the Venetian Castle was closed. Finally we handed the car back and the long wait started, 2 hrs late the plane arrived.
Η τελευταία μας ημέρα στην Κεφαλονιά. Η αεροπορική εταιρεία μου στέλνει ένα ηλεκτρονικό μήνυμα: 55 λεπτά αργά. Λοιπόν είχαμε όλη την ημέρα. Κατά τη διάρκεια της νύχτας είχαμε πολύ βροχή μέχρι το πρωί. Ο ιδιοκτήτης ήρθε να πει ότι δεν έπρεπε να εγκαταλείψουμε το δωμάτιό μας και μπορούσαμε να παραμείνουμε περισσότερο. Αποφασίσαμε να φύγουμε.
Αυτή τη φορά πήραμε το πλοίο στο Αργοστόλι. Επισκεφθήκαμε το ιταλικό μνημείο του πολέμου, τη σφαγή του τμήματος Acqui. Οι αριθμοί είναι εντυπωσιακοί, 1315 σκοτωμένοι στη δράση, 5155 εκτελούμενοι από τα γερμανικά (αυστριακά) montantroops (gebirgsjäger) 3000 πνίγηκαν κατά την απέλαση.
Περνούσαμε λίγο γύρω από το ενετικό κάστρο. Τελικά δώσαμε το αυτοκίνητο πίσω και ξεκίνησε η μακρά αναμονή, 2 ώρες αργότερα έφτασε το αεροπλάνο.
I teleftaía mas iméra stin Kefaloniá. I aeroporikí etaireía mou stélnei éna ilektronikó mínyma: 55 leptá argá. Loipón eíchame óli tin iméra. Katá ti diárkeia tis nýchtas eíchame polý vrochí méchri to proí. O idioktítis írthe na pei óti den éprepe na enkataleípsoume to domátió mas kai boroúsame na parameínoume perissótero. Apofasísame na fýgoume.
Aftí ti forá pírame to ploío sto Argostóli. Episkefthíkame to italikó mnimeío tou polémou, ti sfagí tou tmímatos Acqui. Oi arithmoí eínai entyposiakoí, 1315 skotoménoi sti drási, 5155 ekteloúmenoi apó ta germaniká (afstriaká) montantroops (gebirgsjäger) 3000 pnígikan katá tin apélasi.
Pernoúsame lígo gýro apó to enetikó kástro. Teliká dósame to aftokínito píso kai xekínise i makrá anamoní, 2 óres argótera éftase to aeropláno.
Il nostro ultimo giorno a Cefalonia. La compagnia aerea mi manda un'e-mail: 55 minuti in ritardo. Bene, abbiamo ancora avuto l'intera giornata. Durante la notte abbiamo avuto molta pioggia fino al mattino. Il proprietario venne a dire che non dovevamo liberare la nostra camera e che potevamo rimanere più a lungo. Abbiamo ancora deciso di andarcene.
Questa volta abbiamo preso il traghetto per Argostoli. Abbiamo visitato il monumento di guerra italiano, il massacro della divisione Acqui. I numeri sono impressionanti, 1315 uccisi in azione, 5155 eseguiti dai mountantroops tedeschi (austriaci) (gebirgsjäger) 3000 annegati alla deportazione.
Più avanti girammo un po 'il castello veneziano era chiuso. Alla fine abbiamo riconsegnato la macchina e la lunga attesa è iniziata, con 2 ore di ritardo l'aereo è arrivato.
Unser letzter Tag auf Kefalonia. Die Fluggesellschaft schickt mir eine E-Mail: 55 Minuten zu spät. Naja wir hatten noch den ganzen Tag Zeit. Während der Nacht hatten wir viel Regen bis zum Morgen. Der Besitzer kam, um uns mitzuteilen, dass wir unser Zimmer nicht räumen mussten und länger bleiben konnten. Wir beschlossen immer noch zu gehen.
Diesmal fuhren wir mit der Fähre nach Argostoli. Wir besuchten das italienische Kriegsdenkmal, das Massaker der Acqui-Division. Die Zahlen sind beeindruckend, 1315 Kilo in Aktion, 5155 von den deutschen (österreichischen) Gebirgsjägern hingerichtete 3000 ertranken bei Abschiebung.
Weiter fuhren wir ein wenig um die venezianische Burg herum. Schließlich gaben wir das Auto zurück und das lange Warten begann, 2 Stunden später traf das Flugzeug ein.
Onze laatste dag op Kefalonia. De luchtvaartmaatschappij stuurt me een e-mail: 55 minuten te laat. Nou, we hadden nog steeds de hele dag. Tijdens de nacht hadden we veel regen tot de ochtend. De eigenaar kwam om te vertellen dat we onze kamer niet moesten verlaten en langer konden blijven. We hebben nog steeds besloten om te vertrekken.
Deze keer namen we de veerboot naar Argostoli. We bezochten het Italiaanse oorlogsmonument, het bloedbad van de Acqui-divisie. De aantallen zijn indrukwekkend, 1315 kiled in actie, 5155 uitgevoerd door de Duitse (Oostenrijkse) mountantroops (gebirgsjäger) 3000 verdronken bij deportatie.
Verder reden we een beetje rond, het Venetiaanse kasteel was gesloten. Uiteindelijk gaven we de auto terug en begon het lange wachten, 2 uur te laat arriveerde het vliegtuig.
CRHnews - Stravros Fawlty sorts out Hotel Appocalypso
Despite the spartan conditons our Cephalonia holiday villas gave us superb hilltop panoramic views of the bustling port of Argostolio.
Each evening we sat on our balcony and watched a shimmering blood red or orange sun dip behind the hills towering over Lixuri across the bay.
But this was not the holiday accomodation we had originally booked up with cut price Sky Travel back in 2003.
Sky Travel, who didn't do brochures, had told us to pop into Thomas Cook and pick up a Greek Island holiday brochure in order to take a look at our chosen hotel on Kefalonia and then give them the green light to book it .
But the gleaming Hotel Apollopse we saw in the brochure bore no resemblance to the higgledy piggledy collection of fawlty villas that confronted us and other holidaymakers as we decamped from the airport coach.
There wasn't even a sign at the entrance to identify the place, which in Greek was probably known to locals as ελαττωματικό πύργους and were in fact the similarly named Apocalpse Apartments.
Inside our shabby shack we were horrified to discover that not only wasn't this the hotel we had booked, the toilet, kitchen,or floors had not been properly cleaned.
With a little bit of holiday Greek and British Sign Language we asked Manual the Albanian gardener where the manager was as we would all like a friendly little chat with him.
Manual shrugged his shoulders and replied Unë e di asgjë
But he did very kindly find some hedge clippers and cut back the massive bush that had blocked the view from our balcony - suddenly we had a magnificent view that made us decide to stay on regardless.
The next morning we tackled the holiday reps who said they would contact the owner, one Aristotle Economedis, and promised that somebody back in the UK would be shot for the mixup.
Mr Economedis arrived the next day (that's him with his staff sheltering from the midday sun) and began flapping around apologetically, but I could not resist playing a small part in this unfolding Greek drama.
I decided to pretend to an angry Geordie couple that I was not a holiday Brit, but indeed one Stavros Fawlty, the Apocolyptic's manager, able to carry out minor repairs having been fully trained to Watchdog level.
The grateful pair were completely taken in, I think, and told the other guests about my DIY skills and soon I was fixing cupboards, toilet doors and blinds with some tools I found in a shed.
One night I awoke with a start, looked through the shutters and saw a giant rat sitting on our balcony table eating the pistachios, if you please.
Still, every Aegean cloud has its silver lining.
The smart villas pictured in the brochure that we should have stayed did not afford the wonderful views we enjoyed, and probably had a rat or two.
Kefalonia or Cephalonia is a shimmering jewel in the Hellenic crown, it isn't barren thanks to its many springs, and its people are typically warm and friendly, especially if you make the effort to string together a few words, even 'kalimera' (good morning) and 'kalinikta' (good night), raise a cheery reposte.
Thanks to my DIY efforts a grateful Mr Economeedis offered to put us up at one of his three other holiday homes the following summer, gratis.
We said we would let him know, in our best English.
What was sobering and shocking, in start contrast to our bit of fun, was walking down a sunny lane during a lovely stroll around the headland and seeing a Memorial Stone that told of the cold blooded murder and burial of 136 Italian officers, by the Gestapo, because they dared to swap sides and protect the Cephalonians.
The Massacre of the Acqui Division (Italian: il massacro della divisione Acqui; Greek: Η Σφαγή της Μεραρχίας Άκουι, Hi Sfagi tis Merarchias Akoui), also known as the Cephalonia Massacre (Italian: Eccidio di Cefalonia, German: Massaker auf Kefalonia), was the mass execution of the men of the Italian 33rd Acqui Infantry Division by the Germans on the island of Kefalonia, Greece, in September 1943, following the Italian armistice during the Second World War
About 5,000 soldiers were machine gunned and others drowned or were otherwise murdered - their heroism and slaughter was made famous by the novel and movie, Captain Corelli's Mandolin.