The Alternate Minister of National Defence Dimitris Vitsas attended, on Sunday, 01 October, 2017, the Commemoration ceremony to the Honour of the victims of Nazi atrocities in Egaleo on 29 September 1944, just a few days before the withdrawal of the conquerors from Greece (12/10/1944). The ceremony included a memorial service in the Church of St. George and laying of wreaths. It was organized by the Municipality of Egaleo and the Union of Holocaust Victims. It should be stressed that on that day at least 65 unarmed residents of St.George district in Egaleo, were murdered whereas, according to other estimations, the number of the dead reached 100-150.