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72 Hours
Nearly ninety percent of Greek Jews perished during the Holocaust. Most were killed at Auschwitz/Birkenau. But on the Ionian island of Zakynthos, the entire Greek Jewish community was saved from annihilation.
The German commander on Zakynthos, Alfredo Lutt, a vile, treacherous man, ordered the island’s Bishop Demetrios Chrysostomos and Mayor Loukas Karrer to prepare a list of all the Jews on the island. He gave them 72 hours to deliver the list. What happened next was a series of remarkable and historic acts of human courage, compassion and cunning.
The story illuminates the humanity of a people who risked their lives to save their neighbors. 72 HOURS is based on the nonfiction book MIRACLE AT THE ONLY GREEK JEWISH COMMUNITY SAVED IN ITS ENTIRETY FROM ANNIHILATION by Deno Seder. The book has been optioned for development as a motion picture.
The German commander on Zakynthos, Alfredo Lutt, a vile, treacherous man, ordered the island’s Bishop Demetrios Chrysostomos and Mayor Loukas Karrer to prepare a list of all the Jews on the island. He gave them 72 hours to deliver the list. What happened next was a series of remarkable and historic acts of human courage, compassion and cunning.
The story illuminates the humanity of a people who risked their lives to save their neighbors. 72 HOURS is based on the nonfiction book MIRACLE AT THE ONLY GREEK JEWISH COMMUNITY SAVED IN ITS ENTIRETY FROM ANNIHILATION by Deno Seder. The book has been optioned for development as a motion picture.
110 pages, Hardcover
Published July 11, 2023
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