Metaxas’s Minister-Governor of Athens, Kostas Kotzias, contributed to a German publication of the year 1938, entitled Unsterbliches Hellas (Immortal Greece), with an article titled “Die griechische Jugend durch die Jahrhunderte” (The Greek Youth through the Centuries). The book was a […]
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Metaxas’ ghost still haunts many in Greece. His historiography is often plagued by partisan politics and interpretations, which do not contribute to the true grasp of his personality and his regime. In this context, the following article about Metaxas and […]
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After the Wehrmacht invaded Greece on the spring of 1941, a new quisling Greek government was created in Athens headed by General Georgios Tsolakoglou, the army commander who had signed the armistice with the Germans. Although Joachim von Ribbentrop, the German […]
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These are a number of scans of a booklet issued to the Greek Army. The booklet is 8x11cm in size and contains 64 pages plus font and back cover. Called “Σημειωματαριον του Στρατιωτου“ (“The soldier’s booklet”), it contains a wealth […]
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One of the most remarked features of the Metaxas regime was that the 4th of August state, unlike Nazi Germany or Italian Fascism, Greek fascism did not have a mass party. Indeed, while many interwar authoritarian or totalitarian regimes were supported by strong […]
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This is a number of scans of a brochure issued by the Greek fascist youth organization EON to phalangists. Titled “Εγκόλπιον του φαλαγγιτου” (literally “Murmur of the phalangist”), it starts with salutations to King George II, to leader Ioannis Metaxas and to […]
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A number of scanned postcards from the EON series, issued during the 4th of August regime. The main theme of the series is sports and athletics in the Greek fascist youth organization. As it seems from a couple of scans, these postcards […]
Read more »When was the EON created? Shortly after raising to power, Metaxas created the Ethniki Organosi Neolaias (EON), Greek for “National Youth Organization”. The EON was officially founded in September 5, 1936 but some reactions against it didn’t let the organization work until […]
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These are 50 pictures taken from an almost pagan Festival which took place near Marathonas dam, Greece, in 1939 under Metaxas. It was called “Festival of Water” (“Η γιορτή του νερού”) and dancers performed a number of dances and rituals […]
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The political differences between Metaxas and Venizelos dominated the Greek political scene and divided Greece for nearly thirty years. The contrast in the personality of the two men couldn’t be starker. Venizelos was mercurial, charismatic, clannish, tribal, imperious and autocratic. Possessing […]
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