A CHILD'S REMEMBRANCE OF LIVING THROUGH WWII By Leonidas Petrakis published in The National Herald February 8, 2020 The National Herald has given HellenicGenealogyGeek.com permission to post articles that are of interest to our group. -------------------------------------------- It is well documented that the Nazis committed many horrific acts of violence against the civilians in occupied Greece during World War II. The ferocity and brutality of the German occupiers intensified greatly as the Resistance was strengthening in1943, and the capitulation of Italy forced them to assume sole responsibility for the Occupation. In their open warfare against the civilians they had the eager participation of Greek collaborators. Kalavryta, Kandanos, Distomo are well documented and known cases of the Nazi brutality, but the atrocity against the Spartiates in the Fall of 1943, although extensively documented is less well known.  The intent of this article is not to retell that atrocity a...

A POKER GAME BROUGHT HIM TO HAWAII: GEORGE "DUKE OF SPARTA" LYCURGUS Published in The National Herald, August 20-26, 2016 Issue Authored by Steve Frangos TNH Staff Writer ------------------------------ We are excited to announce that  The National Herald  has given Hellenic Genealogy Geek the right to reprint articles that may be of interest to our group.  ------------------------------ ----------------------- CHICAGO - In every generation of Greeks there are always those who possess a mixture of shrewd business sense and flamboyant showmanship. Such Hellenes do not simply make a great deal of money but rather they must always do so with quite a considerable amount of noise and dash. True, many of these very same Greeks often go through cycles of economic boom and bust across the span of their lives but it seems this very prospect is what offers such individuals a challenge they cannot seem to resist. George Lycurgus was just such...