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Secret Albania Family Flees to Greece in Dramatic Escape
In Corfu Greece the Mallias family of Albania escapes aboard a fishing trawler commanded by Capt Vassilios Mallias. The entire clan travels for a marriage celebration and seeks asylum in Greece after a carefully planned bid to flee behind the Iron Curtain. Fotios Mallias, the organizer, recounts six months of planning and the risk to the family if they failed.
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Corfu
Greece
Vassilios Mallias
Mallias
Thomas
Alexandra
Himara
Aviona iV
Communist Party
Vassilios
Italy
Pandelis
Himare
Maltias
Vassis
Albania
Fotios Mallias
Fotios
Alexandra Mallias
Enver Hoxha
Epiros
Capt
Avlona