George Haros
My name is Georgios Haros tou Nikolao, Vlastos is my family’s Parapitheto/parastoukili. The term Vla...
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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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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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Andrew Casimatis
My name is Andrew Gerald Casimatis and I was born in the month of October, 1920 in Pitsinianika, Kyt...
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Chrisanthe Comino (formerly Aroney)
Without the love and care of her immediate family and a network of aunts, uncles, great-aunts and gr...
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George Nicholas Comino
The Australian part of George Comino’s story began in 1954. He vividly remembers the day, 1st April...
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George Nicholas Comino
The Australian part of George Comino’s story begins in 1954. He vividly remembers the day, 1st Apri...
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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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