In past decades in our parish (the Greek community of Australia), especially in that of Sydney, a Greek Jew named Alberto Yakoel was active and came to expatriate events.

When he was to introduce himself in Greek, he did so under the name Alekos.

Alberto Yacoel had served in the Greek army, then fought on the Albanian front and during the German occupation took part in the National Resistance.

He was arrested by the Germans and was one of the few survivors of the Holocaust.

He later immigrated to Australia, maintaining close contacts with the local Greek community. Daughter of Alberto Jacoel, she is Nina Angelo, who was born in Athens in 1947.

Her book "Don't Cry, Dance" was recently released.

The book is described as a story of surviving the Holocaust in Auschwitz. Her Greek-Jewish father and her Polish-Jewish mother had met there.

The family immigrated to Australia in 1949.

Nia Angelou unraveled the tangle of her family history in a long interview she gave to the radio program of the Greek diaspora in Australia, SBS Greek. listen up HERE.

Read about her book HERE