Greece's Conflict Under Nazi Rule

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Never Give In
As Babe Ruth, a famous baseball player once said, “It is hard to beat a person who never gives up.” When facing a challenge that requires an immense amount of perseverance or let alone, any obstacle in life, the person that sticks to it eventually comes out with an answer or solution. With morale very close to this, the Greeks were determined to outwork the Nazis in World War II in order to reclaim their country. Modern Greek authors such as Ileana Karafilly and other anonymous poets like those translated by Wislawa Szymbroska portray characters in their works that exemplify the concept of having the drive to pursue what you want by hard work and a strong willed attitude of putting personal needs ahead of others. Being trapped in Greece’s Nazi invaded society that was stuck in an “every-man for them self” perspective, no one could trust one another. Once the people realized that they would have to fight for what they wanted, the citizens and characters were able to achieve anything they set their minds to as long as they were willing to work for it. This fight to regain their home country began on April 6, 1941 when Germany invaded Greece and the conflict began. With the country no longer in control of Greeks, but rather in foreign control, pandemonium spread within the country(Livanos 15-16). While Nazis were in control people lived in resistance, wanting to fight the Nazis in order to regain their freedom(Livanos 1-3). Finally on October of 1944 Greece was liberated, however with Greece left in bad shape, its economy failed and has remained weak still to this present day (Shiller 15-18).
The struggle to survive theses conflicts are portrayed in the literary works of authors such as Irena Karafilly, who wrote the n...

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