When Greeks refused the Italian ultimatum of surrender on October 28, 1940, their nation stood…
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Greece in WWII
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I wrote the text below, for the exhibition “The Hour of Greece” that opened in…
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On the early morning of Oct. 28, 1940, Greek leader Ioannis Metaxas faced a grim…
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Thousands of monuments dot Greece’s islands and mainland honoring those who paid the ultimate price…
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The following is a chapter from “America Calling,” a forthcoming book written, researched and edited…
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Today marks the 74th anniversary of a revolt by Jewish prisoners at Auschwitz-Birkenau in which…
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On June 2, 1941 a brutal massacre took place in the village of Kondomari, just…
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A 17-year-old boy named Mathios Potagas from the village of Vytina in the Arcadia province…
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On this day in 1941, the Nazi German army entered the Greek capital of Athens,…
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The invading Nazis faced resistance even before they landed on the island of Crete with…