From the series: The Unknown Story behind a photograph
Vasilis Karahalios never knew his father, who was sent into exile on Agios Efstratios during the Greek Civil War, when Vasilis was still an infant. At the age of ten, at the port of Kavala, his mother secretly places him aboard the ship carrying supplies to the exiles, with one single aim: for him to finally meet his father.
Narrator: Vasilis Karahalios
Research – interview: Anna Kladi, Maya Philippopoulou
Podcast Creation: Maya Filippopoulou
Sound Design: Iasonas Theofanou
Sound Editing: Enes Ahmet Kehagia, Dimitris Papadakis
Istorima is one of the largest and most ambitious oral history projects in Greece, dedicated to collecting, preserving, and sharing personal stories from people all over the country. It is widely described as the largest project of its kind in Greece focused on recording and safeguarding oral histories — stories that aren’t found in history books and could otherwise be lost with time. It was created by journalist Sofia Papaioannou.