Eighty years later, the radio series "Unguarded Passage" presents a powerful documentary marking the day Nazism was defeated in Europe — a historic moment of anti-fascist victory over the darkest and bloodiest chapter of the 20th century.The radio documentary will air on Friday, May 9, 2025, from 1...
Unguarded Passage
Thomas Sideris
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The program has been broadcast continuously since 2014, presenting over 500 radio documentaries and countless oral testimonies and recordings that document the defining events of the past century, as well as the first two decades of the 21st century. Its extensive collection has been seamlessly integrated into the treasured archive of ERT. The program has been honored by the Albert Schweitzer humanitarian organization and the New York Foundation for Journalists and Writers.
The acclaimed radio series “Unguarded Passage” presents a revealing audio documentary on the assassination of Grigoris Lambrakis and the shadowy operations of the deep state behind it. Drawing from documents once sealed in the files of the State Sec...
The acclaimed radio series “Unguarded Passage” presents a revealing audio documentary on the assassination of Grigoris Lambrakis and the shadowy operations of the deep state behind it. Drawing from documents once sealed in the files of the State Security Services and Intelligence Agencies, this bro...
On April 27, 1941, the Wehrmacht marched into Athens. They found a city emptied of life — streets and squares abandoned, homes tightly shuttered. It was, unmistakably, one of the first great collective acts of spontaneous resistance by the people against the invader.
It begins with the unforgettable v...
On Friday, April 25, 2025, the radio series "Unguarded Passage" presents the documentary episode "From Haidari to Kaisariani: The Execution of 200 Communists on May Day 1944". The program will air on Voice of Greece, ERT’s international radio service, at 13:00 (Athens time).
In the early hours o...
On Good Friday, 18 April 2025, the radio program “Unguarded Passage” presented a special tribute to the iconic folk ballad The Dead Brother’s Song (Του Νεκρού Αδελφού). The broadcast explores the song’s various versions as they appear in the oral traditions of Greece and the wider Balkan region, in a...
On Good Friday, from 13:00 to 14:00, the radio program “Unguarded Passage” presents a special tribute to the iconic folk ballad The Dead Brother's Song (Του Νεκρού Αδελφού). The broadcast explores the song’s various versions as they appear in the oral traditions of Greece and the wider Balkan region, ...
The radio series “Unguarded Passage” presents a radio documentary about a child who unjustly lost his life — a child who, as his teacher says in the audio document that opens the program, “Vasileios Maggos was a child who lived among us for 26 years and 65 days.” A remarkabl...
The radio series "Unguarded Passage" presents a radio documentary about a child who unjustly lost his life — a child who, as his teacher says in the audio document that opens the program, “Vasileios Maggos was a child who lived among us for 26 years and 65 days.” A remarkable child, sensitive and c...
"Unguarded Passage" continues its exploration of human rights violations in Turkey, presenting the second part of its radio documentary on the political upheavals that have shaped the country over the past fifteen years. This installment focuses on three pivotal events:
- The death of political prisoner...
Ten years after Turkey’s failed coup attempt, journalist Thomas Sideris unfolds all aspects of the country’s political landscape: from mass purges in the Turkish security forces and military, the dismissal of leftist and Kurdish mayors, to the widespread arrests of journalists and political figures, inc...
12 short comedic stories by Zeti Fitsiou, featuring Euterpe, portrayed by Fay Xyla
Meet Mademoiselle Euterpe—noble, utterly guileless, and perpetually caught in the most unexpected comedic predicaments. Through her unique adventures, she unveils her delightful character, drawing us into a world s...
Ten years after Turkey's failed coup attempt, journalist Thomas Sideris unfolds all aspects of the country's political landscape: from mass purges in the Turkish security forces and military, the dismissal of leftist and Kurdish mayors, to the widespread arrests of journalists and political figures,...
Unguarded Passage: Poetry in the Interwar Period _ Maria Polydouri and Anna Akhmatova | 21 Mar. 2025
On Friday, March 21 (World Poetry Day) Thomas Sideris presents a two-part tribute to two of the most significant poets of the interwar period, Maria Polydouri and Anna Akhmatova, as part of the radio series “Unguarded Passage”
The first part, titled “Life, how did you surrender me with a kiss...
On Friday, March 21—World Poetry Day—at 12:00 PM, Thomas Sideris presents a two-part tribute to two of the most significant poets of the interwar period, Maria Polydouri and Anna Akhmatova, as part of the radio series "Unguarded Passage"
The first part, titled "Life, how did you surrender me wit...
A historian and a bottle of ouzo at a family table in Switzerland. The A. Bourla Brothers Distillery on Victor Hugo Street 3 in Thessaloniki. A two-year-old girl suddenly left alone in her home in Athens when Greek policemen, collaborators of the Nazis, arrest her mother. A family, that of Stavros Ch....
A historian and a bottle of ouzo at a family table in Switzerland. The A. Bourla Brothers Distillery on Victor Hugo Street 3 in Thessaloniki. A two-year-old girl suddenly left alone in her home in Athens when Greek policemen, collaborators of the Nazis, arrest her mother. A family, that of Stavros Ch....
The radio series “Unguarded Passage” honors International Women’s Day with a special episode dedicated to an exceptional woman, Maria Roussou, director of the Public Library of Lefkada.
Her journey led her from East to West, as she moved from Samos to Lefkada in the early 1990s. Tirel...
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