Scans from two issues of the H Neolaia newspaper
Scans from two issues of the H Neolaia newspaper (not to be confused with the famous H Neolaia magazine)
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Alexandros Koryzis
Alexandros Koryzis (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Κορυζής, 1885 – April 18, 1941) was the Prime Minister of Greece who replaced Metaxas after the latter’s death in early 1941, but he is mainly remembered as the prime minister who chose to kill himself […]
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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.
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Is this the worst book ever about the Metaxas regime?
Just because it has been published it does not mean that it’s worthy. That might be the case of “Authoritarianism in Greece: The Metaxas Regime” (New York: Columbia University Press. 1983. Pp. 192), by John V. Kofas. I once read […]
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New academic paper on the establishment of the Metaxas dictatorship
In this new academic paper, Mogens Pelt, Associate Professor in International History at the Saxo Institute of the University of Copenhagen, reviews the establishment of the Metaxas dictatorship when the Greek king, George II, gave General Ioannis Metaxas carte blanche […]
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Ioannis Metaxas – The epitome of the Greek spirit
Though a fascist by conviction and a former general, Metaxas despised his fellow-dictator Benito Mussolini, whom he viewed as little more than a theatrical windbag. Trained in the German authoritarian tradition, Metaxas was nonetheless an ardent patriot who made no secret […]
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Nelly, Riefenstahl and the propaganda machinery of the 4th of August State
Nelly’s involvement in the propaganda machinery of the Metaxas regime found its consummation in the New York International Expo of 1939, when she agreed to decorate the Greek pavilion with her photographs and four collages. The subject matter of these […]
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