Scans from Junges Griechenland
These are some scans from the ‘Junges Griechenland’ book (‘Young Greece’), published by Alfred Widenmann in Berlin in 1940.
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25 miscellaneous pictures of the EON
The EON (Ethniki Organosis Neolaias) was one of the greatest creations of the 4th of August state. Metaxas believed that the Greek youth should be indoctrinated in the eternal Hellenic values to enable them to create the ‘Third Hellenic civilization‘ […]
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Egkolpion tou Falangitou – Scans from a booklet for the Greek phalangist
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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Postcard series of the Greek fascist youth organization EON
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 […]
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Pictures from the 1939 Festival of Water
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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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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The EON – The Greek fascist youth of Metaxas
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 […]
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Speech to EON’s parents and teachers
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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Metaxas’ speech on the EON
Excerpts of a speech by Ioannis Metaxas at the First Congress of the Regional Commanders of the EON. Concering the organization’s objectives: “What are the aims of the organization? King! (Tempest of applause, acclamations and manifesations of all types) King! Country! […]
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The Labrys/Pelekys axe: The symbol of Thundergod Zeus and of the EON
One of the main symbols of the Fourth of August regime was the labrys. The labrys is the double-headed axe, known to the Classical Greeks and to modern Greek speakers as pelekys (πέλεκυς). Metaxas chose the labrys as one of the […]
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