Jeanie Loiacono's Photo To Look on Death No More by Leta Serafim (Coffeetown, 2015) Kalavrita, Greece Brendan O’Malley was an Irishman with heroic ideals who joined His Majesty’s army to rid the world of tyrannous rulers – specifically Hitler. His former dispatches were in Cairo, challenging Rommel in the desert; his last in Greece the autumn of 1943 with the stated objective ‘to make contact with partisan forces and build airstrips.’ Parachuting in, he is wounded and is found by Danae, a seventeen year old Greek girl, and her brother, Stefanos. Although they take his guns and food, they hide him from the enemy in a cave for weeks, saving his life. He, in turn, helps Danae’s family and joins the rebel forces to fight the Germans. A true love story, as well as an expose’ of what occurred in a remote part of Greece close to the end of the war, you feel as if you are there, so hungry your insides ache; so cold you shiver – bracing against the slicing winds of the mountains, yet so in love you are afraid to acknowledge your heart; knowing either of you may not exist tomorrow. Thoroughly researched, Serafim’s documentation and pictures give breath to those who lived and those who were lost. Most WWII stories are written with Italy, Germany, Great Britain and the United States as the focal points, but who has read of the atrocities committed against the Greeks? Who has been satisfied with their meager atonements? #1037525736753211745
To Look on Death No More by Leta Serafim (Coffeetown, 2015) Kalavrita, Greece Brendan O’Malley was an Irishman with heroic ideals who joined His Majesty’s army to rid the world of tyrannous rulers – specifically Hitler. His former dispatches were in Cairo, challenging Rommel in the desert; his last in Greece the autumn of 1943 with the stated objective ‘to make contact with partisan forces and build airstrips.’ Parachuting in, he is wounded and is found by Danae, a seventeen year old Greek girl, and her brother, Stefanos. Although they take his guns and food, they hide him from the enemy in a cave for weeks, saving his life. He, in turn, helps Danae’s family and joins the rebel forces to fight the Germans. A true love story, as well as an expose’ of what occurred in a remote part of Greece close to the end of the war, you feel as if you are there, so hungry your insides ache; so cold you shiver – bracing against the slicing winds of the mountains, yet so in love you are afraid to acknowledge your heart; knowing either of you may not exist tomorrow. Thoroughly researched, Serafim’s documentation and pictures give breath to those who lived and those who were lost. Most WWII stories are written with Italy, Germany, Great Britain and the United States as the focal points, but who has read of the atrocities committed against the Greeks? Who has been satisfied with their meager atonements?
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