Emanuel Casimatis
My name is Emanuel Casimatis and I was born in Pitsinianika, Kythera on the 21st of April 1918. My m...
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Oral History
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"History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquity."
Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), Pro Publio Sestio
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George Minas Kritharis (Crethar) nickname: Katharos
The picturesque village of Karavas, at the northern end of the Island of Kythera, was home to the Cr...
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Theo Corones. His life. 1926-1998.
[[picture:"Theo in 20\'sSMALL.jpg" ID:8235]] As a young man in his 20's. Taken whilst he was acti...
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George Con (Tzortzo)Poulos, and the dual mother system.
[[picture:"Poulos, George C as one and a half year old.jpg" ID:6025]] My father's brother Panayot...
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Vassiliki Chryssanthopoulou. Visit to Sydney, 28th-29th August, 2004. James Coroneos's Report.
Visit to Sydney by Hellenic Folklore Research Fellow On the weekend of Saturday 28, Sunday 29 Aug...
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The Day they blew the church at Ayia Pelagia to Kingdom Come.
In 1942, a bomb appeared on the beach near Firi Ammos. It had failed to detonate. It remained on the...
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