Παππάςτράτῆς Papastratis, Sotiris Παππάςτράτῆς

Birth Name Παππάςτράτῆς Papastratis, Sotiris Παππάςτράτῆς [1a] [2]
Birth Name Παππάςτράτῆς, Σωτήρης
Call Name Σωτήρης
Gender male

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth      

 
Military Service   Εθνικό Απελευθερωτικό Μέτωπο ELAS-EAM  

Event Note

In Chalcis Χαλκίδα, Sotiris Papastratis helped coordinate Jewish illegal immigration movement to Palestine from Greece to Turkey, via fishing boats that left every two weeks from Zakaios on the east coast of the Euboea Εὔβοια Peninsula.

 
Honor 1988 חסידי אומות העולם ‎Righteous Among the Nations Sotiris Papastratis was recognized by Yad Vashem as a Righteous Gentile for saving more than 800 Jews

 

Source References

  1. The Role of Greek Righteous Gentiles in the Rescue of Greek Jews in the Holocaust
    1. Page: 1/62-63
  2. Greek Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust, A Renewed Look and Their Current State of Being Recognized

Pedigree

    1. Παππάςτράτῆς Papastratis, Sotiris Παππάςτράτῆς