Travel in time. During the year 1943, Rifka, six years old girl from Volos (Thessalia) came as a refugee with her family in the village Kryoneri (Matsani) of Corinthia. They needed to hide themselves from the Nazis and the Greek partisans helped them. Between October 1943 and October 1944 they have been hiding in local families and in a cave near to the village. The villagers were helping them to escape, every time the German army was near. After the end of the occupation by the Nazis, the girl settled with her Greek-Jewish family to Israel.
74 years later, on the September 6th 2017, Rifka returned, with her 70 relatives (children, grandchildren, etc.) from Israel and Athens, to show them this place. Rifka's children had expressed the wish, to learn more about the history of their family. They searched the Greek village near Corinth and on June 2017 they started their travel. The family had decided, that it has been the time to reward the gratitude to the residents of the village. Together with the local authorities they supported the reconstruction of the amphitheatre in the village, a cultural site of the local society, as a gesture of their gratitude to the inhabitants.
“Group of young people made the access to the cave”
As Rifka wanted so much to show the cave to her family, it was necessary to clean up the footpath, guiding to the Karamanos cave. Young people from Germany (Lucky Luke association/Bonn-Buschdorf), Poland (young students from Nowy Targ) and Greece (youngsters from Filoxenia association/Kryoneri), who met together during their international projects in Kryoneri, showed their willingness and helped re-opening the footpath through the forest in cooperation with the local authority.
These moments will always remain in the minds and hearts of the youngsters, the Jewish family and the residents of Kryoneri.
This story is a great example of humanity and positive motivation for human actions in 2018 and for the future.
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