Programme brochure of the 1939 Athletic Games of the EON
Pictures from a brochure with the programme of the 1939 Athletic Games of the EON, held at the Panathinaïko Stadium in Athens on 30 April & 1 May 1939.
Read more »Pictures from a brochure with the programme of the 1939 Athletic Games of the EON, held at the Panathinaïko Stadium in Athens on 30 April & 1 May 1939.
Read more »In early Summer 1939, the Greek fascist youth EON participated at the Joy and Work (“Freude und arbeit”) exhibition in Bucharest, Romania. “Freude und Arbeit” was a Nazi-sponsored program leaded by Dr. Robert Ley, the head of the Deutche Arbeitsfront, […]
Read more »It’s curious to notice the aesthetic similarities between the looks of the Greek fascist youth movement EON and those of its Croatian equivalent, the Ustaška Mladež. Even when we take into acount the fact that both organizations were existing in a similar period of […]
Read more »Ioannis Metaxas has been described as a conservative and as a reactionary force against the reformist activity of Venizelos. But, is that true? The truth is that while in office, Metaxas was responsible for some of the most important and innovative […]
Read more »In the campaign of Metaxas for a “new Greece”, his attempt to consolidate the shape of the “Third Hellenic Civilization” held a primary place. This concept aimed at the long-term elevation of the Greek race and the fullfilment of Greece’s historical mission […]
Read more »Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es aufzuzeigen, wie das faschistoide Metaxas-Regime, das Griechenland 1936-41 nach einer verfassungswidrigen Machtübernahme regierte, mittels einer nach ns und faschistischem Vorbild modellierten Jugendorganisation (EON) versuchte, seinem chiliastischen Anspruch gerecht zu werden. Obwohl die Diktatur Metaxas retrospektiv […]
Read more »Given the limits on his personal power as dictator and a lack of a social base for his regime, Metaxas turned to the example set by the contemporary fascist regimes, deciding that the creation of a youth movement on the […]
Read more »19 October 1939 “It is important to us here in Greece, and we are not particularly interested what other societies and foreign countries think of it. Here it is simply linked to the very existence and survival of Greek society. […]
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