HHF Presents

Hellenic Heritage Foundation
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The Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF) is committed to supporting Hellenic education, culture and heritage initiatives across Canada. Its award-winning History Committee creates public history projects for a diaspora audience. This podcasting channel “HHF Presents” seeks to inform and narrate stories from our Greek past.

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  1. Greece's Darkest Decade - Episode One: Introduction

    EPISODE 1

    Greece's Darkest Decade - Episode One: Introduction

    An examination of how the war played out in Greece, and how it destabilized a nation to the point of an eventual Civil War.  This era of Greece’s history led to a massive emigration and created a large Greek diaspora in Canada and elsewhere. With reminiscences from members of the Greek Canadian community that are housed at the HHF Greek Canadian Archives at York University.

    27 min
  2. Greece's Darkest Decade - Episode Two: The Road to OXI

    EPISODE 2

    Greece's Darkest Decade - Episode Two: The Road to OXI

    As fascism was spreading across Europe, Ioannis Metaxas seized dictatorial powers and transformed daily life in Greece. But his militarization of the nation became a factor when Greece was pulled into World War II on October 28, 1940 with an ultimatum by Italy. Guests include Professor Sakis Gekas, HHF Chair in Modern Greek History at York University.

    34 min
  3. Greece's Darkest Decade - Episode Three: An Early Victory, A Crushing Invasion

    EPISODE 3

    Greece's Darkest Decade - Episode Three: An Early Victory, A Crushing Invasion

    War began with a cruel and punishing winter at the Albanian front, which led to victory for Greece – and an eventual German invasion. As parts of Greece quickly fell, the island of Crete was the site of the first major Allied victory. A look at the battles that shaped this war in Greece with guest Prof. Nicholas Doumanis, Professor of History of the University of Illinois Chicago.

    37 min
  4. Greece's Darkest Decade - Episode Four: Occupation and Hunger

    EPISODE 4

    Greece's Darkest Decade - Episode Four: Occupation and Hunger

    Under the Axis Occupation, the Greek state collapsed and Greeks were subjected to hyperinflation, hunger, starvation, ongoing violence and atrocities. But a Resistance Movement grew, determined to overthrow the German, Italian and Bulgarian forces. With guest Spyridon Tsoutsoumpis, Historian of Modern Greece and Southeastern Europe at the University of Manchester.

    49 min
  5. Greece's Darkest Decade - Episode Five: The Holocaust

    EPISODE 5

    Greece's Darkest Decade - Episode Five: The Holocaust

    A look at Jewish life in Greece, before, during and after the War. The persecution Jews faced, particularly in Thessaloniki, and eventually deportations to concentration camps. How some Jewish Greeks survived and how this experience shaped their lives. With guests Kateřina Králová, Professor of Contemporary History at Charles University in Prague, Dianne Cadesky, daughter of Eli Benyacar and Esther Tivoli, both Greek Holocaust survivors.

    47 min
  6. Greece's Darkest Decade - Episode Six: The Seeds of the Civil War & Liberation

    EPISODE 6

    Greece's Darkest Decade - Episode Six: The Seeds of the Civil War & Liberation

    How the occupiers left Greece and the power vacuum left behind. How the roots of the Civil War are taking shape as conflict between resistance groups builds, fueled by ideological differences. With guest Triadafilos Triadafilopoulos, Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto Scarborough and the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.

    45 min
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The Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF) is committed to supporting Hellenic education, culture and heritage initiatives across Canada. Its award-winning History Committee creates public history projects for a diaspora audience. This podcasting channel “HHF Presents” seeks to inform and narrate stories from our Greek past.

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  • Creator
    Hellenic Heritage Foundation
  • Episodes
    34
  • Seasons
    6
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2025 HHF Presents
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