Istorima

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 1974, workers building a road in Parnitha, accidentally solve a thirty-year mystery: the mystery of the disappearance of seventeen shepherds from Legrena village during the German Occupation. Narrator: Vangelis Dounas Interview: Stavros Vlachos Podcast creation: Stavros...

The traumatic experiences she went through as a child in the concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen left permanent emotional scars on Rina Revach. Decades later, she will go on a journey of salvation to the place where she learned what true horror means. Interviewee: Rina Revach Interview...

Elena Topalidou has experienced both the light and the dark side of dance. She gladly started ballet at the age of ten. In adolescence, she wrestled with extreme physical stress and an eating disorder. Later on, she excelled in some of the most important contemporary dance performances. Today, she is...

A great love is born in Sindirgi, Asia Minor, between a young man belonging to a well to do family in the region and a poor orphan girl. Their love surpasses all obstacles and they are preparing to get married. But the year is 1922 and the Asia Minor Disaster is approaching. Narrator:...

In September 1943, four-year-old Vasilis Papadopoulos witnesses the massacre at Viannos, Crete by the German Nazis, in which more than 20 villages were burned and 461 people of all ages were executed. Narrator: Vasilis Papadopoulos Researcher: Marili Papadopoulou Podcast...

A schoolgirl in the 60s has the "misfortune" of being left-handed. A strict teacher, who dislikes all things "left", makes her student’s life unbearable with punishments, yelling and violent behavior. Narrator: Popi Papageorgiou Researcher: Eirini Kotseli Podcast Creation: Haris Pagonidou Sound D...

During the construction of the Athens Metro, the skull of child is discovered, who died during the plague in the 5th century BC. Using the skull as a base, Professor Manolis Paparigorakis, who was researching the appearance of ancient Greeks, began to reconstruct the face of the little Athenian, who...

In 2014, Depy Kourellou decided to start afresh in North Evia. Fascinated by the area’s nature, she and her sister, Nancy, began rescuing abandoned and abused horses and equines. Everything was going well, until the summer of 2021. Narrator: Depy Kourellou Researcher: Eva K...

Aristides Chairetis aka 'Galiaftis', from Anogia village in Crete explains how his love for nature, life and women made him one of the greatest folk musicians in the island. Narrator: Aristides Chairetis (Gialaftis) Researcher: Nikos Kallergis Podcast creator: Stavros Vlachos Sound designer:...

On the night of September 6, 1955, in Istanbul, Nikos Marousis can see the Turkish mob destroy the church in his neighborhood, amidst rapes and murders. Years later, in the course of his military service, he meets one of the culprits. Narrator: Nikos Marousis Researcher: Daphne Zachariadou Podcast...

An expatriate from Himare escapes from the oppressive everyday life of the Albanian regime, to face the inhospitable welcome in Greece that she so longed to come to know. Her love of all things Greek helps her overcome obstacles, but also brings her face to face with the Albanian police when she returns...

Do we really see everything on an archaeological site? What goes on when the visitors leave? What special requests do visitors make? Sotiris Gousis worked as a technician on the Acropolis for decades. He knows all its hidden secrets and shares a few of them with us…  Interviewee: Sot...

Dinos Kouis, the iconic football player of Aris, has made sure to embellish his talent with hard work and preparation. After a successful career on the courts, he continues to believe that if you really want something, you will surely achieve it. Narrator: Dinos KouisResearcher:...

[Greek Audio] 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...

The first memory he has of dancing was as a teenager, outside the "Pallas" cinema in Pagrati, after the movie "Saturday Night Fever". Konstantinos Rigos, Ballet Director of the Greek National Opera, recalls his first trips abroad: Tbilisi, Batumi, Bogota, Caracas. Some episodic… Interviewee: K...

Perhaps 'easy money' isn't that easy, after all. Giorgos Giannoulakis was living the high life with all the money, confort and luxury he could wish for...until the day his beloved uncle's scam came to light. Up util the day, his uncle's whereabouts are unkown. Interviewee: Giorgos...