A piece of WWII ephemera
Yank : The Army Weekly Vol.3 No.22 Nov.17 1944 (Alaska Edition)
Includes an illustrated article (pp. 4-6) "The Liberation of Athens"
by Sgt. Joe McCarthy, Yank Staff Correspondent.
But not "THAT" Joe McCarthy ... as far as I can tell <g>
given the reporter 's comments on ELAS/KEE ...
"The Greeks are great ones for chanting slogans while they march.
There was a big representation of the Kappa Kappa Epsilon, the
Greek Communist group, weaving along the street in a procession
like a snake dance and roaring in perfect harmony like a college
fraternity " Kap-pa Kap-pa Ep-see-lon." It sounded like the campus
at Ann Arbor, Mich. the night before the Minnesota game"
Also details about the effect of war-time inflation on the
value of the drachma:
"As I write the drachma is worth almost 100 billion to the dollar
and its value is still dropping. One cigarette costs 80 billion
drachmas, one egg costs 8 million drachmas..."
Interesting to read what the servicemen in the US Army were
being told about the situation in Greece at the time.
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June Samaras
KALAMOS BOOKS
(For Books about Greece)
2020 Old Station Rd
Streetsville,Ontario
Canada L5M 2V1
Tel : 905-542-1877
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Sorry -both these items have now been snapped up !
> 1] Skaros, Zisis
> The cry of the Greek people : three essays / [by] Zisis Skaros. --
> Publication info: Montreal : Editions Nouvelle frontiere, [1971]
> Physical description: 37 p.
>
> 2] Diakogianne, Kyriakos I.
> Giati pera meros sti Synomsia tis Xountas kai tis CIA kata tou
> Andrea Papandreou kai tis Ellenikes Demokratias
> Montreal. Patris & Co. (nd) 604p.
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June Samaras
KALAMOS BOOKS
(For Books about Greece)
2020 Old Station Rd
Streetsville,Ontario
Canada L5M 2V1
Tel : 905-542-1877
E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com
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Just came across couple of interesting older items re.1967-74 period
published in Canada.
1] Skaros, Zisis
The cry of the Greek people : three essays / [by] Zisis Skaros. --
Publication info: Montreal : Editions Nouvelle frontiere, [1971]
Physical description: 37 p.
2] Diakogianne, Kyriakos I.
Giati pera meros sti Synomsia tis Xountas kai tis CIA kata tou
Andrea Papandreou kai tis Ellenikes Demokratias
Montreal. Patris & Co. (nd) 604p.
This seems to date from c 1968/9
(Includes facsimiles copies of documents dated 1967 )
Author was a Press Attache to OCDE in 1966
So far can't find any copy listed on OCLC or in the National
Library of Canada catalogue.
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June Samaras
KALAMOS BOOKS
(For Books about Greece)
2020 Old Station Rd
Streetsville,Ontario
Canada L5M 2V1
Tel : 905-542-1877
E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com
www.kalamosbooks.com
Spotted on ebay a seller listing some books with this note
<<< RARE: FROM THE PERSONAL LIBRARY (Signed & Labeled) of George
Xanthaky, Long Beach NY - who was the Executive Vice-President of the
Greek War Relief Association during the Truman Administration >>>
Passing this along in case anyone may be interested in following through
...in case there might be a lead to Xantahaky's personal papers of
historical interest as well...?)
http://cgi.ebay.com/Lot-of-Personal-Political-HB-1st-GREEK-Truman-Admin_W0Q…
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June Samaras
KALAMOS BOOKS
(For Books about Greece)
2020 Old Station Rd
Streetsville,Ontario
Canada L5M 2V1
Tel : 905-542-1877
E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com
www.kalamosbooks.com
Dear CoHSL members,
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I am also pleased to announce that Maria Georgopoulou has organized a
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I hope that you are planning to join us in October. We are meeting early
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Warm regards to all,
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Modern Greek Section
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Finally, I neglected to thank Tony Oddo for arranging for our meeting
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