LEROS
Vandalism Exposes the Urgent Need to Protect Leros Wartime Heritage
43-year-old Markos Spanos, a photographer who works in the IT Department of The Municipality of Leros, has an interesting hobby. Born in New York to Lerians who immigrated to America, he returned at the age of 11. In recent years he has been voluntarily guiding foreign and Greek visitors to the architectural ruins and the great war history of the island. Chronologically, this period spans from the Italian occupation to the iconic Battle of Leros, the last great Nazi triumph.