He was born in Pergamon ( now Bergama ) in Asia Minor on March 10 , 1907 . Son of a soap and oil trader , he was the oldest of the four children of the family of Panagiotis Savva . His school years are characterized by the intensity of the period , resulting in the destruction and expulsion of the Greek population in Asia Minor . He studied at the Municipal School of Pergamon , the Elementary School of Mytilene , in the second primary male school in Mytilene , in the historic Kydoniai Gymnasium ( school of the great centers of Asia Minor ) , in the Demi-gymnasium of Pergamon and Athens High School . Outstanding student throughout the course of the school years , and it should be noted that at the age of 15 years his whole family found tragic death because of the war ( 1922 ) and after the pause of his studies for two years he ended High School with honors in Athens ( 1927 ) while working hard for his survival
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Alexander Savvas