submitted by
George Poulos
on 09.10.2004

On 8th Oct 2004, Spyro Calocerinos contacted me by email to say, ".....you reminded me of a similar story in Hora involving Byron (Viron) Dapontes, who is still in Hora and runs the kafeneion in Hora's plateia and to date his fingers are missing. I will submit that one day.

George there are so many stories I remember during the war that I could write a book.I was held up by the Germans with the guns pointing at me, I was in Hora's Kastro when the
Germans left Kythera and their planes came and bombed Kastro,and I was hiding under a door but luckily the bomb that fell next to me did not explode,another bomb fell in front of late Malanos' house in Hora (late Mary Aronis' uncle's house) which also did not explode, and...........so many stories.I think I may need an editor!!!!

It would be great if Kytherians would write down these stories of the WWII occupation of Kythera, and post them to kythera-family. One story told by one person seems to elicit another 100 memories in 10 other people.