Orthodox Easter religious and civic ceremony in Athens, Greece. King Constantine II of Greece lighting candles during an Easter midnight mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Annunciation. Greek Orthordox Bishop presiding in the ceremony. King Constantine II prays for a return to parliamentary rule. Evzones troops (Greek elite palace guards) join the traditional egg cracking ceremony. King Constantine cracks eggs during the ceremony. An Evzone soldier salutes to the king after cracking eggs. Photographers take photographs.
French General Maurice Sarrail who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied forces in Greece in Salonica, Greece during World War I. A ship at a port. Soldiers standing nearby. Albanian politician Essad Pasha arrives to take command of an Albanian contingent. Officers greet him. The officers walk through a street. Buildings along the sides of the street. The officers enter a building. Cavalry units on the street. The soldiers march.
Greek Premier Ioannis Metaxas reviews troops in Athens , Greece during World War II. Metaxas salutes aboard a ship with other officer in the background. Officers aboard the ship. Greece troops lined up. Soldiers march in review. Detachments of the Evzones troops dressed in skirts being reviewed.
Princess Margaret and Queen Elizabeth with other Royal members welcome King Paul and Queen Fredericka of Greece at railway station in London, England. British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan stands. Peace demonstrators protest at Trafalgar Square to free jailed Communists in Greece who were imprisoned 18 years prior. Police try to stop the protestors and carry some away. People demonstrate with banners.
Queen Frederica and King Paul of Greece arrive at NATO ( North Atlantic Treaty Organization ) headquarters in France. The Military Policemen stand in formation. The king and queen get off from a car. Supreme Allied Commander General Lauris Nostrand greets them. The SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe) personnel and their family look at King and Queen of Greece. Queen Frederica and King Paul visit the nerve center of Western European Defense. Queen as King Paul shakes hand with the General.
Young children attend Kindergarten in Greece during World War 2. Pedestrians walking on the street outside a school building. A Nazi officer speaks to an official. Men holding a sign in German “Beschlagnahmt für befehlshaber Saloniki- Ägäis abteilung verwaltung und wirtschaft” (“Confiscated for commander Saloniki-Aegean department of administration and economy” in English). School building in Greece. Greek Kindergarten students form a straight line to enter their classroom. A portrait of Adolf Hitler hangs on classroom wall. Kindergarten children clapping. A smiling nurse teaches Kindergarten students. A girl looks up with an intense expression. A boy writing diligently. Children in cribs. A young girl cradles a baby doll.
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