In the second episode of “Historical Walks” dedicated to the story of Greek Americans, we continue our insightful discussion with historian Professor Alexander Kitroeff, focusing on the post–World War II years.
The war marked a major turning point in how Greek immigrants were viewed by American socie...
An untold story is brought to light for the first time in the new radio documentary of the series “Unguarded Passage”. The radio documentary, titled “My Uncle Alekos Konstantinidis”, traces the life and journey in Greece of Pontic refugee Alekos Konstantinidis, leading up to his execution in Kaisari...
We reopen the case that shocked the global community. It’s 1948. George Polk, a progressive American journalist and CBS correspondent, is murdered in Thessaloniki. According to the official narrative—which, in fact, needed to be constructed—he was reportedly preparing to meet Markos Vafiadis in the m...
The radio series “Unguarded Passage” presents a special podcast featuring twenty landmark anti-fascist songs from across Europe — songs that left their mark on history and became inseparably linked to the people’s struggle against the darkness of fascism and Nazism.
From the extermination camps of N...
The radio series “Unguarded Passage” presents a special podcast featuring twenty landmark anti-fascist songs from across Europe — songs that left their mark on history and became inseparably linked to the people’s struggle against the darkness of fascism and Nazism.
From the extermi...
The director of the documentary Disciplinary Division 999, Kostas Stamatopoulos, joins the studio of "Time in Greece" to discuss his film and the remarkable true story behind the legend.Perhaps you've heard whispers of the German anti-fascists who came to Greece and fought with all their might against...
“Historical Walks” opens the chapter on Greek immigration to the United States—from the late 19th century to the present day.On this episode, we follow Professor Emeritus of History at Haverford College in Pennsylvania, Alexander Kitroeff, as he traces the journey of the early Greek immigrants—from the vil...
Eighty years later, the radio series “Unguarded Passage” presents a powerful documentary marking the day Nazism was defeated in Europe — a historic moment of anti-fascist victory over the darkest and bloodiest chapter of the 20th century.
The radio documentary will aired on Friday, May 9, 2025, on Vo...
The acclaimed radio series “Unguarded Passage” presents a revealing audio documentary on the assassination of Grigoris Lambrakis and the shadowy operations of the deep state behind it. Drawing from documents once sealed in the files of the State Sec...
On April 27, 1941, the Wehrmacht marched into Athens. They found a city emptied of life — streets and squares abandoned, homes tightly shuttered. It was, unmistakably, one of the first great collective acts of spontaneous resistance by the people against the invader.
It begins with the unforgettable vo...
“Unguarded Passage” presents the documentary episode “From Haidari to Kaisariani: The Execution of 200 Communists on May Day 1944”.
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 execu...
On Good Friday, 18 April 2025, the radio program “Unguarded Passage” presented a special tribute to the iconic folk ballad The Dead Brother’s Song (Του Νεκρού Αδελφού). The broadcast explores the song’s various versions as they appear in the oral traditions of Greece and the wider Balkan region, in a...
A tribute to a historic figure whose name became synonymous with freedom, sacrifice, and philhellenism: Lord Byron. On this day, we remember not only the poetic soul and tireless fighter who gave his life for Greece, but also the city that bears his name—Messolonghi, the city of heroic exodus and e...
The “Historical Walks” series on Voice of Greece sets sail on a journey into the world of sailors, both at sea and on land. Giorgos Tsimouris, emeritus professor of social anthropology at Panteion University, explores the trials and tribulations of those who dedicate their lives to the open waters—...
The radio series “Unguarded Passage” presents a radio documentary about a child who unjustly lost his life — a child who, as his teacher says in the audio document that opens the program, “Vasileios Maggos was a child who lived among us for 26 years and 65 days.” A remarkabl...
On this day in 1890, the first ship bearing Greek immigrants reached the storied island of sighs and hope—Ellis Island, just off the coast of Manhattan. A haunting radio documentary retraces the footsteps of those who journeyed to America, chasing a dream.
The ordeal of securing a passage to the "...
The “Historical Walks” series on Voice of Greece sets sail on a journey into the world of sailors, both at sea and on land. In the next two episodes, Giorgos Tsimouris, emeritus professor of social anthropology at Panteion University, explores the trials and tribulations of those who dedicate their liv...
"Unguarded Passage" continues its exploration of human rights violations in Turkey, presenting the second part of its radio documentary on the political upheavals that have shaped the country over the past fifteen years. This installment focuses on three pivotal events:
- The death of political prisoner...
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