Greece signs agreement with Belgian collector to buy photos of Nazi executions

The execution wall at the Kaisariani shooting area (Petros Giannakouris/AP)

A Belgian collector who put up for online auction a series of Second World War photographs showing the final moments of 200 Greeks executed by a Nazi firing squad, signed a preliminary agreement with Greece on Friday and has withdrawn the photos from sale, Greece’s culture ministry said.

Greece is seeking to obtain the photos after declaring them part of Greek heritage.