A historian and a bottle of ouzo at a family table in Switzerland. The A. Bourla Brothers Distillery on Victor Hugo Street 3 in Thessaloniki. A two-year-old girl suddenly left alone in her home in Athens when Greek policemen, collaborators of the Nazis, arrest her mother. A family, that of Stavros Ch. Oikonomakos, who will shelter and care for the child. A letter, many years later, to the “Righteous Among the Nations” association.
Based on the oral testimony of Victoria Benouzilio, “Unguarded Passage” presents a powerful radio documentary about the human stories that unfolded in March 1943 and March 1944, against the backdrop of the deportation of Greek Jews to extermination camps.
The series by Thomas Sideris takes us back to 1943, to the platforms of the Eastern Railways Station, then a year later to the Athens Synagogue, from there to the Haidari concentration camp, and finally to the platforms of Rouf railway station—places that forever marked the lives of those who managed to survive.
Featuring journalists Sofia Papadopoulou and Christos Zafeiris, as well as historian Leon Saltiel.
Research-Documentation-Presentation: Thomas Sideris
Broadcast: Friday, March 14, 2025, 13:00-14:00 Athens time
