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Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors and Heroes Exhibit Headed to Australia Dec 2021

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...

Oct 28, 2020

Today marks the 80th Anniversary of OXI (OXI means NO - the X is a H in Greek). OXI day commemorates the day when the...

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...

Dec 2, 2018

These women kicked some serious Nazi butt during World War 2; some come off victorious and others lost their lives but...

Nov 19, 2018

The Smithsonian has a super exhibit running from April 6, 2017 to February 3, 2019 about Modern Medicine and the Great...