Istorima

Maurice Gormezano was seventeen years old when the Nazis began deporting Greek Jews to concentration camps. He and his family try to escape by hiding for years in the attic crawl space of a house in the northern suburb of Psichiko. Interviewee: Maurice GormezanoInterview by: Tryphon KlisProducer:...

Vasilis Pisimisis has been working in the market of Piraeus since he was fourteen years old and knows Troumba as few do. He has been systematically researching it, gathering the fascinating stories of the women and men who saw the legendary “red light” district with its cabarets as their own shelter or ...

Maurice Gormezano was seventeen years old when the Nazis began deporting Greek Jews to concentration camps. He and his family try to escape by hiding for years in the attic crawl space of a house in the northern suburb of Psichiko. Interviewee: Maurice GormezanoInterview by: Tryphon KlisProducer:...

Giannis Polyzos, a seafarer with a life filled with storms, adventures, and romance, was fated to spend his last voyage as a prisoner. Narrator: Giannis PolyzosResearcher: Evangelia TaktikouPodcast Creation: Andreas PappasSound Design: Giorgos RamantanisSound Editing: Nikolas...

Eva Melachrinou was a young child when the voices of the crowd, the rowdy noise of violence and the sound of the fire from September 1955 in Istanbul reached her bedroom. It was the beginning of a series of persecutions against the Greeks which led a group of classmates to make a promise. A promise...

During the massacres following the Greco-Turkish War of 1922, which resulted in the eradication of the Greek population in Anatolia, Stella Michalaki’s grandmother manages to save an icon of the Virgin Mary that continues to evoke memories of persecution. Interviewee: Stella MichalakiField R...

Istorima is the largest project for recording and preserving oral histories of Greece. More than 1,000 young researchers find narrators listen, collect and preserve stories of people from all over Greece: Stories of their hometowns, stories of love, stories that changed Greece or defined it, modern or old stories. Stories that are not recorded in the history books and that could easily be lost in time. It was created by the journalist Sofia Papaioannou and the historian Katherine Fleming and is implemented with a founding grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), as part of its initiative to Restart and ... Read more

Despite the torrential rain, Roula sets out to go to work. She could never have imagined that in a few hours she would be struggling for her life. Narrator: Apostolos PatounisResearcher: Marina BadiouPodcast Creation: Charis PagonidouSound Design: Dimitris PalaiogiannisSound Editing: Dimitris...

As the flames approach the village of Prokopi in Northern Evia in August 2021, something takes place that is bound to remain in the memories of residents as "the miracle of St. John the Russian". Narrator: Apostolos BalatsosResearcher: Maria TzifiPodcast Creation: Effrosyni KyriaziSound...

A student, the son of immigrants from Albania, talks about his struggle with depression, his attempt to end his life and the constant struggle against stereotypes and "shoulds". Narrator: The narrator has asked to be pseudonymizedResearcher: Vasilis KoutsogiannisPodcast Creation: Maya FilippopoulouSound...

Turkish delight maker Dina Sykourti-Andreiomenou has been stirring copper cauldrons of Turkish delight for countless years, from her childhood. One thought accompanies every movement of the spoon: the school she was forced to stop. Interviewee: Dina Sykourti-AndreiomenouInterview...

Is mother's love a given? Despina, the "unwanted" third girl of a Cretan family in the 40s, recounts the story of her relationship with her mother and how it has left its mark on her life. Narrator: Despina Savrani Researcher: Margarita Koronaiou Podcast Creation: Andreas...

Istorima is the largest project for recording and preserving oral histories of Greece. More than 1,000 young researchers find narrators listen, collect and preserve stories of people from all over Greece: Stories of their hometowns, stories of love, stories that changed Greece or defined it, modern or old stories. Stories that are not recorded in ... Read more

Istorima is the largest project for recording and preserving oral histories of Greece. More than 1,000 young researchers find narrators listen, collect and preserve stories of people from all over Greece: Stories of their hometowns, stories of love, stories that changed Greece or defined it, modern or old stories. Stories that are not recorded in ... Read more

In September of 2000, Roula Bairami, on her voyage back to her island, Naxos, finds herself sinking on Express Samina. When she is forced to fall into the sea to save herself, her thoughts are on the child she is carrying... Narrator: Roula Bairami Researcher: Georgia Bairami Podcast...

Dimitris Kolovos managed to overcome a difficult time in his life thanks to Tolkien. Like Frodo, he felt the weight of the ‘ring’ he was carrying every day. Reading about the heroes and their internal struggles, what it means to fight for good, the light managed to vanquish the darkness within. His...

Thanos Alexandris discovers the dance floor of the “skyladiko” night clubs outside the big cities and becomes one with their crowd. Wild nights out, money squandered, bouncers, night club girls trying to get patrons to pay for drinks, by the author of the book "Because the Night". Narrator: Tha...

A great love that overcame every hurdle thrown in its way, even the ravages of time. Narrator: Maro Damianidou Researcher: Chaidemeni Paltoglou Podcast Creation: Maya Filippopoulou Sound Design: Iasonas Theofanou, Dimitris Palaiogiannis Sound Editing: Spyros Lymperopoulos Photographs:...