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Labeled as "leftist by birth" due to the persecution her family experienced during the Civil War, Rinio Missiou joined the EDA in the 1960s. Narrator: Rinio MissiouInterview: Fennia Chala, Dimitris KolovosPodcast Creation: Maya FilipopoulouSound Design: Iasonas Theofanou Istorima is the biggest...

The doctor of Gyaros | Wednesday 27 November 2024Lampros Vazaios narrates his experiences in the prison camps for exiled political prisoners on Gyaros and Leros, where he was stationed as a military doctor during the dictatorship. Interviewee: Lambros VazeosInterview by: Stavros...

Love, cohabitation, aggression, violence, hatred. Can a woman escape an abusive environment after 25 whole years? Narrator: The narrator requested anonymityResearcher: Dimitra ChachamidouPodcast Creation: Charis PagonidouSound Design: Iasonas TheofanouSound Editing: Spyros...

During the dictatorship, Nikos Manios joins the armed resistance organisation the ‘20th of October Movement’, planting bombs at various targets in Athens. When he is arrested, he is sent into internal exile on Gyaros. Interviewee: Nikos ManiosInterview by: Stavros VlachosPodcast creator: Sta...

The great love story of Rinio and Chronis Missiou, the legendary fighter and writer, and their shared journey through the turbulent years before the dictatorship. Narrator: Rinio MissiouInterview: Fennia Chala, Dimitris KolovosPodcast Creation: Maya FilipopoulouSound Design: Iasonas TheofanouSound...

Lefkothea Barouta grew up in Hoxha's Albania, where any religious expression was banned, and those who celebrated Christmas or Easter risked many years in prison. Narrator: Lefkothea BaroutaResearcher: Fylanthi KotsiaPodcast Creation: Maya FilipopoulouSound Design: Dimitris PalaiogiannisSound...

The day after the tank invasion at the Athens Polytechnic School, Giannis Kontogiannis heads to downtown Athens.

The story behind the iconic photograph of the tank at the Polytechnic's entrance during the early hours of November 17, 1973, captured by photojournalist Aristotelis Sarrikostas. Narrator: Aristotelis SarrikostasResearcher: Konstantinos MichailPodcast Production: Fenia ChalaSound Design: Iasonas...

On 21 April 1967, the day of the coup in Greece, the police comes knocking on Rinio and Chronis Missios’s door. Chronis has already escaped, but Rinio is arrested and taken first to the racetrack and then to the barren island of Gyaros, together with thousands of other citizens considered ‘dangerous’ to th...

During the Greek Civil War, the father of a young girl joins the rebels, and her mother is sent into exile. Left alone with her siblings, she grows up “like a stray.” The childhood that Rinio Missiou (never) experienced is a harrowing tale of survival in a time of extreme hatred and violence. Narrator: Rin...

During the Greek Civil War, the father of a young girl joins the rebels, and her mother is sent into exile. Left alone with her siblings, she grows up “like a stray.” The childhood that Rinio Missiou (never) experienced is a harrowing tale of survival in a time of extreme hatred and violence. Narrator: Rin...

Do youth bring achievements, or is it the other way around? The life of Stelios Prassas, who started running at the age of 59, resembles an extraordinary marathon, with the finish line being a love for life itself. Narrator: Stelios PrassasResearcher: Kalliopi KoniariPodcast...

On August 15, 1947, 20-year-old Despo Ouzounidou fled her village to join the Democratic Army of Greece (DSE). As a second lieutenant in the Battle of Grammos, she witnessed the first use of napalm bombs in Europe after World War II. Narrator: Despo OuzounidouInterview by: Georgia StafylidouPodcast...

Three days before the coup of 1967, Andreas Markou, a member of the left-wing Lambrakis Youth movement, paints ‘Down with fascism’ on walls. With the imposition of the dictatorship, he is sent into internal exile on Gyaros, the barren island with the infamous prison that, today, is a symbol of commemoration. Interviewee: And...

For more than forty years, Zacharias Vrelianakis has been travelling around the world looking for vinyl records. His shop in an arcade in Monastiraki is frequented daily by fanatical collectors, passers-by, tourists, and small children, all united by their love of music. Interviewee:...

Poverty forces a man to leave his family and seek his fortune abroad. Along the way, he learns that the value of good advice far outweighs gold. This is the Greek version of a well-known medieval tale, as told to Dimitra Panagaki by her grandfather on winter nights in Longastra, Laconia. Narrator:...

A podcast from Istorima, created in honor of the anniversary of “Ohi Day.” Narration: Sofia PapaioannouPodcast by: Katherine Fleming, Sofia PapaioannouSound Design: Iason TheofanouAudio Editing: Spyros Lymberopoulos Istorima is the biggest project of recording and preserving oral hist...

The battles of the Albanian front, the entry into Argyrokastro, the surrender of the Evelpidon School to the Germans. Dimitris Galazidis, 105 years old, is one of the last veterans of 1940. The narrator passed away a few days after the interview. Narrator: Dimitris GalazidisInterview:...