On the eve of the Greek national holiday, March 24, 1944, Nazi soldiers encircled the…
World War II
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FeaturesHistory
On This Day March 23, 1943: Remembering Nazi-Occupied Europe’s Only Open Protest of Jewish Persecution
Going largely unnoticed in Greece and beyond, an important anniversary passes annually on March 23.…
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FeaturesHistory
In Nazi Occupied Europe, Only Archbishop Damaskinos Stood Up to Persecution of Jews Publicly
Archbishop Damaskinos: “All the children of Mother Greece are an inseparable unity: they are equal…
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The wartime Archbishop of Athens, Damaskinos was born on March 3, 1891 in Dorvitsia in…
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Hollywood elite assembled at Grauman’s Chinese Theater on February 8, 1941 for a radio show…
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Taken on January 31, 1941 in the thick of winter high up in the Pindus…
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Commemorating the 400th anniversary of El Greco’s birth, an exhibition of some of his most…
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Renee Saltiel and Solon Molho grew up in the largest Sephardic Jewish community in the…
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Rebecca Hauser was 22 years old when the Nazis deported her and her family from…
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Culture
Academy Award Winner Olympia Dukakis Brings Greek World War II Story to Life in “Eleftheromania”
A largely unknown story from the annals of Auschwitz is coming to life on the…