On Friday, April 25, 2025, the radio series “Unguarded Passage” presents the documentary episode “From Haidari to Kaisariani: The Execution of 200 Communists on May Day 1944”. The program will air on Voice of Greece, ERT’s international radio service, at 13:00 (Athens time).
In the early hours of May 1, 1944, German military trucks transported 200 communist prisoners from the notorious Nazi detention camp in Haidari to the execution grounds in Kaisariani.
ERT journalist Thomas Sideris brings to light lesser-known aspects of this dark chapter in history, taking listeners back to the political exile and imprisonment of leftist detainees in Akronafplia, and their eventual handover to the Nazi occupiers by the Metaxas regime and the collaborationist governments.
The documentary delves into the events leading up to the execution and seeks to answer a haunting question: why did the Nazis choose that specific moment to carry out the mass killing—forever marking Kaisariani with the blood of the 200?
Research – Documentation – Presentation: Thomas Sideris
Broadcast: Friday, April 25 at 13:00 (Athens time)
