From 29 July-31 August 1943 , a combined German and Cham force launched an anti-partisan sweep operation codenamed '' Augustus '' . During the subsequent operations , 600 Greek and 50 Albanian citizens were killed and 70 villages were destroyed . On 27 September , combined Nazi-Cham forces launched large scale operation in burning and destroying villages north of Paramythia : Eleftherochori , Seliani , Semelika , Aghios Nikolaos , killing 50 Greek villagers in the process . In this operation the Cham contingent numbered 150 men , and , according to German Major Stöckert , " performed very well " . In another incident , on 27 September , Cham militias arrested 53 Greek citizens in Paramythia and executed 49 of them two days later . This action was orchestrated by the brothers Nuri and Mazar Dino ( an officer of the Cham militia ) in order to get rid of the town 's Greek representatives and intellectuals . According to German reports , Cham militias were also part of the firing squad . On 30 September , the Swiss representative of the International Red Cross , Hans-Jakob Bickel , while visiting the area , concluded that Cham bands are completely out of control , terryfing and committing atrocities against the unarmed Greek population
executed 49 of them
Paramythia executions
Cham Albanians