Syrna: The unknown island of the Resistance [Greek Audio]

Syrna is a small barren island in the middle of the Aegean, where a great chapter of history has been written.
Eleni Sapsakou-Metaksotou, the offspring of the only family who inhabited the island at the time, remembers when allied ships and submarines took refuge there, the German troopers and the rescuing of a woulded British saboteur during World War II.

Narrator: Eleni Metaksotou-Sapsakou
Field Research: Ioli Apostolou
Podcast Creation: Andreas Pappas
Sound Engineering: Iasonas Theofanou
Sound Editing: Spyros Lymperopoulos
Photo by Ioli Apostolou

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