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82nd Anniversary of OXI Day 28 October 1940

Oct 28, 2022

Today marks the 82nd Anniversary of OXI (OXI means NO - the X is a H in Greek). OXI Day is a national holiday in...

Jul 19, 2022

The Greek Jewish Community in Thessaloniki is commemorating the Black Saturday of 1942, when 95% of the city’s Jews...

May 30, 2022

This is such an amazing story of bravery. On the evening of May 30, 1941, two teenaged Greek boys, Manolis Glezos and...

Oct 23, 2021

Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors and Heroes is a major exhibition from the British Museum. It features iconic...

Mar 25, 2021

Today marks the 200th anniversary of Greeks rising up to overthrow the rule of the Ottomon Empire in Greece in 1821...

Apr 16, 2020

This week, the German Army invades Greece and Yugoslavia as it launches Operation Marita and Operation 25...

Nov 11, 2019

At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month the guns fell silent 101 years ago They shall grow not old, as we...

Nov 4, 2019

The years are quickly slipping away and the stories of courage, bravery and the best of humanity will be part of...

Jan 18, 2019

Here's this week's fascinating stories relating to the Holocaust and/or World War II Rest In Peace... French...

Jan 17, 2019

The site Vintage Everyday has this amazing collection of LIFE Magazine photos about women during the 1940s and their...

Jan 4, 2019

The real life Zoe Lambros passes away aged 90. I've been reading about Titika's heroics for many years. Truly a...

Dec 9, 2018

Schindler's List was one of the most profound and moving movies about the Holocaust I have ever seen. The Guardian...