Maria Dimopoulou holds the pictures of her father and brother that were executed during the Kalavryta massacre. The Holocaust of Kalavryta refers to the near-extermination of the male population and the total destruction of the town of Kalavryta in Greece by the Nazis during World War 2 on the 13th of the December 1943. Maria Dimopoulou was 7 years old at that time. In total, during the Kalavryta massacre, 693 civilians were killed, 28 nearby communities-villages, monasteries and settlements were destroyed and in Kalavryta itself 1.000 houses were looted and burned.