Echoes from the Cobblestones

Nicholas A. Kefalides recalls a time when the heavy boots of invading armies echoed off the cobblestone streets of Greece, where he was born and spent his childhood and youth.Kefalides memories begin with the 1930s as social and political events shaped his attitudes and beliefs. It was also a period that set the stage for a war that would see people starve, fight and die.As German and Italian armies invade the country, the young people of Greece are robbed of their childhood and adolescence. But