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Forgotten Villages – Ep.14: The Cretan resistance and the fight for justice | 17 May 2024
The untrodden mountains of Crete became the pockets of resistance of the people against the conquerors during World War ΙΙ, from Myrtos, Vorizia, Damasta, Anogia to Sfakia. The Cretans proved in practice that the struggle to defend freedom is a matter for everyone, children, adults, elderly, men and w...
A clock shop as a dream investment | Wednesday 15 May 2024
A place where time did not count, a meeting place, a library: Chrysoula and her partner open a clock shop at Antigonidon street in Thessaloniki and in just 12 square meters, they discover a whole world. Narrator: Chrysoula PapadopoulouResearcher: Sissy PapadopoulouPodcast Creation:...
The Deadly Chase | Monday 13 May 2024
In February 2011, armed assailants robbed two banks in Fthiotida. This was followed by a cinematic chase by police officers, with a shootout and a deadly outcome. Narrator: Christos VlachosResearcher: George KaragiorgosPodcast Creation: Stavros VlachosSound Design: Dimitris PalaiogiannisAudio...
What a shipwreck leaves behind | Friday 10 May 2024
Istorima reversed series Istorima series reversed Vivi never met her grandfather, Giorgos, and her grandmother, Paraskevi. All he had heard was that they were lost in the wreck of the Atlantic Empress, in 1979. Growing up, Vivi realized that she knew almost nothing about her mother's family, as...
Forgotten Villages – Ep.13: “From Myrtia and Mournies to Gerakari and Koxare” | 10 May 2024
The trek begins on September 15, 1943 in the village of Myrtos when the German officer declares to the president of the village that the village will burn and gives a deadline of two hours for the residents to take what they can and leave. On the same day as the destruction of Myrtos, the conquerors enter the village of Gdohia, after previously arresting and executing on the spot in various places twelve villagers from Gdohia and Kato Symi, including three women and a six-month-old baby.
Forgotten Villages – Ep.12: A Journey around Crete’s blood-stained grounds (Part I) | 26 Apr. 2024
On Friday, April 26th, Voice of Greece and Thomas Sideris continue the journey to the martyred villages of Crete, documenting the chronicle of the Battle of Crete in May and June 1941, as well as all the events that followed in the following years, during the Nazi occupation. The...
On this day in history: The Katranitsa massacre | 24 Apr. 2024
Historical tribute to the mass slaughter of 327 people by the Nazis and their local collaborators, in Katranitsa, Kozani on April 23th and 24th, 1944. The holocaust of the martyred community of Pyrgoi is the second largest in history after Kalavryta. The German operation with the collusion of Greek...
The Enthusiastic Crowds of the Junta | Sunday 21 April 2024
Series: The Unknown Story Behind a Photograph Persecution, murders, attacks, traffic accidents: Giorgos Megas, a motor police officer, talks about his experiences the last 30 years on the road. Narrator: Giorgos MegasResearcher: Spyros KarampikasPodcast Creation: Stavros VlachosSound...
Forgotten Villages – Ep.11: The Viannos massacres | 19 Apr.2024
Voice of Greece and Thomas Sideris continue the journey to the martyred villages of Crete and present a radio documentary about the Viannos massacres, one of the largest massacres of civilians on Greek soil by the regular army of Nazi Germany. The holocaust of the villages of Viannos province in...
Ariana and the myth of Ariadne | Sunday 14 April 2024
Growing up in Italy, Ariana felt an inexplicable attraction to Ancient Greece. She loved Ariadne’s myth and saw the princess as her alter ego. Following her personal “thread”, Ariadne is now a digital nomad living in Rhodes. Interviewee: Arianna MagnaniInterview by: Demie Hadji...
At Grammos with the National Army | Sunday 14 April 2024
Kostas Gkorogias joins the army in '48 in the middle of the Civil War and ends up fighting for two years with the National Army. Until the day Napalm bombs hit the mountains of Epirus and Macedonia. Narrator: Kostas GkorogiasResearcher: Valantis ChiltasPodcast Creation: Andreas PappasSound Design:...
In prisons I learned to read people | Friday 12 April 2024
Everything that prison officer Tzortzis Hymas saw in the prisons of Trikala, Grevena, Larissa and Korydallos is shocking, but also often surprising. Narrator: Tzortzis HymasResearcher: Olga PaparazziPodcast Creation: Stavros VlachosSound Design: Iasonas TheofanouAudio Editing: Spyros...
Forgotten Villages – Ep.10: Zacharenia and the Damasta sabotage
The tenth episode of the radio series "Forgotten Villages" is dedicated to a great woman from Anogia, an emblematic female figure of the Cretan resistance and the great struggle of the Anogia people.  The central character is Zacharenia Skoula, a suffering but strong woman, who saw the whole story ...
Around the swamp: Veria – The radio | Wednesday 10 April 2024
Series: Occupation through the eyes of its childrenFanoula grows up in Veria when the first Italian planes fly over the city. Wild and lively as a child, she gets involved in various adventures and becomes a witness to all the important events that unfold in occupied Greece. Narration:...
My son’s kidnapping | Monday 8 April 2024
[Greek Audio] The son of a family falls victim to kidnapping by bandits at the University Campus and is tortured for hours. Soon after, they break into his parents' house. Narrator: Makis PapadatosInterview: Demi HatziPodcast Creation: Demi HatziSound Design: Giorgos RamantanisAudio Editing:...
A story of modern-day slavery | Sunday 07 April 2024
[English Voiceover] When 17-year-old Boye had to flee Ghana, he was held captive by human traffickers and forced to work as a slave in various African and Arab countries. After surviving two years of torture and hardship, he managed to escape and made it to Greece, where he was granted refugee status. Interviewee:...
Faethon Never Existed | Sunday 7 April 2024
[Greek Audio] The gripping story of the secret mission carried out by the Greek warship "Phaethon", which was sent to Cyprus in 1964. The mission remained top secret for 52 years. Narrator: Dimitris MitsatsosResearcher: Renata Kotti-DobretzPodcast Creation: Effrosyni Kyriazi, Maya FilippopoulouSound...
The 13-year-old “king” of Children’s Hospital Agia Sofia | Friday 5 April 2024
[Greek Audio] Kostas is only ten when his life comes upside down and is forced to be transferred to the hospital. There he will build a small kingdom, a second life, because of a hospitalization that will last longer than he expected. In this unusual story of adulthood, a child explores the noisy...