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Platanides

By: William Planes
Narrated by: Dean Diakonis
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Many Christians lived in Asia Minor (later Turkey) before the Armenian and Greek genocide by the Muslims at the outset of the twentieth century. The author; Planes, chronicles his father’s true life experience in an effort to make clear the precious freedoms that we have in the United States. This book presents the true story of a Christian boy and his escape from the genocide of Greek and Armenian Christians.

This is a true story of the life of this boy who was born in Asia Minor in 1908; how he, with his family managed to escape the genocide of Greek and Armenian Christians at the hands of Kamel Ataturk on September 13, 1922; how the boy’s family lived as refugees of genocide on the Island of Crete Greece where they survived World War II; how the boy left his family and immigrated to America; and the boy’s life in America. The book draws a contrast of the family’s experiences as genocide refugees living in Crete and the boy’s life in America; how these events and those of World War II on the Greek island of Crete influenced them and their children; and his relationship as adults with the boy’s son, the author.

The author emphasizes the Christian Orthodox Faith which was taught to him by his parents. In response to a question about his Faith, the book and why he has written this book, the author stated “It was a lesson by my father to his kids that no matter what you’re confronted with in life if you trust in Christ and you believe without a doubt that Christ is with you, you can get through anything. That was what we learned at a very early age and that’s what stuck with me throughout my life.”.....

©2022 William Planes (P)2024 William Planes
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