The story of Melpomeni Dina and Sarah Yanai by ASHLEY PLUMA

Melpomeni Dina

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A brother of a Greek maid for the family of Mordechai helped Sarah and her family escape and avoid detection in 1943 in the city of Thessaloniki.

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He hid the family for about a year until a new hiding was needed because of health conditions concerning the family in hiding.

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The Giannopoulou sisters (family name of Ms. Dina) decided to take the families in. Efthimia, Bethleem her 15-year-old sister along with Ms. Dina who was 14 years old at the time paid refuge to the family and gave them a room to share and share their food in rations.

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Shmuel, one of the Mordechais brothers fell ill and passed. After the passing, they were reported to the authorities and had to relocate again, which was very dangerous.

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The sisters helped them escape by giving them clothes and sheltered them in the Vermio Mountains in northern Greece.

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The families that helped shelter the family were recognized as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem and the State of Israel.

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Ms. Dina and the two sisters who have passed now, were also recognized in 1994 and were given financial support.

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The families help keep the Mordechais alive the 40 descendants that she saved.

Sarah Yanai

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