Pyrgoi

Pyrgoi Πύργοι
Pyrgoi
Coordinates: 40°40.2′N 21°50′E / 40.6700°N 21.833°E / 40.6700; 21.833Coordinates: 40°40.2′N 21°50′E / 40.6700°N 21.833°E / 40.6700; 21.833
Country	Greece
Administrative region	West Macedonia
Regional unit	Kozani
Municipality	Eordaia
Municipal unit	Vermio
Highest elevation	765 m (2,510 ft)
Lowest elevation	680 m (2,230 ft)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code	500 06
Area code(s)	+30-2463-xxx-xxx
Vehicle registration	ΚΖ

Pyrgoi (Greek: Πύργοι) is a village and a community of the Eordaia municipality.^[1] Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Vermio, of which it was a municipal district.^[1] The 2011 census recorded 768 inhabitants in the village.^[2]

On April 24, 1944, at Pyrgoi took place the biggest slaughter of Greeks civilians (after this Kalavryta) by German Nazis and their local accomplices. The events of April 1944 were later subject of dozens of documentaries and emissions and generated wide interest.Among the atrocities that were committed by the nazis, 318 men women and children were killed and burned alive. Colonel Karl Schümers commander of 7th constitution armored Grenadier police of the SS, was responsible for the holocausts Pyrgoi, Kleisouras Kastoria Distomou Boeotia which killed over 1,000 men, women and children. The survivors were forced to walk to Ptolemais and town completely destroyed. Each year the Towers being present in established memorial for the victims of the Holocaust, the Greek President.

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