tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910737876389410763.post7692206405718794976..comments2023-05-03T14:31:11.785+01:00Comments on DEMOCRACY STREET: What the Greeks went throughsibaddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02385376572555781755noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910737876389410763.post-56685457421462493392012-07-16T06:07:48.089+01:002012-07-16T06:07:48.089+01:00Ah yes. See here for a webste on Corfu's Lazar...Ah yes. See here for a webste on Corfu's Lazaretto<br />http://somatio-lazareto.gr/el/<br />Την Κυριακή 30 Οκτωβρίου 2011 και ώρα 10.00 το πρωί θα πραγματοποιηθεί στο νησάκι Λαζαρέτο της Κέρκυρας η ετήσια τελετή μας στη μνήμη των θυμάτων του Εμφυλίου πολέμου αγωνιστών της Εθνικής Αντίστασης και του Δημοκρατικού Στρατού που είναι θαμμένοι εκεί. Το σωματείο μας οργανώνει, όπως κάθε χρόνο για τα μέλη και τους φίλους μας την μετάβαση και παραμονή στην Κέρκυρα από την Παρασκευή 28 /10/2011 έως και την Δευτέρα 31/10/2011, ημέρα επιστροφής ταξιδιού.sibaddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02385376572555781755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910737876389410763.post-70373557196472616662012-07-16T05:45:26.744+01:002012-07-16T05:45:26.744+01:00Simon,
Now back in Corfu for a few days. Today wi...Simon,<br /><br />Now back in Corfu for a few days. Today will be the hottest day of the year.<br /><br />Anyway, I checked the book by the Lazaretto Association: "Yia sas adelfia: The Corfu and Lazaretto Prisons 1947-1949" (in Greek; Athens 1996). It has a complete list of all those who were executed- ten pages with all relevant details of 112 people. No mention of any Theodorakis. I don't think the book contains any mention of a visit to Lazaretto by Mikis Theodorakis, so if "The Ballad of the Dead Brother" drew any inspiration from Corfu's Lazaretto Prison, I imagine it would have been part of a more general<br />sense of the tragedy of a fratricidal civil war. JimJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08355849350086979436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910737876389410763.post-27801912080740820272012-07-11T14:54:52.060+01:002012-07-11T14:54:52.060+01:00And this page too:
http://en.mikis-theodorakis.ne...And this page too:<br /><br />http://en.mikis-theodorakis.net/index.php/article/articleview/315/1/63/Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08355849350086979436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910737876389410763.post-10272650382443859122012-07-11T14:52:38.063+01:002012-07-11T14:52:38.063+01:00See also, on The Ballad of the Dead Brother:
http...See also, on The Ballad of the Dead Brother:<br /><br />http://en.mikis-theodorakis.net/index.php/article/articleview/386/1/63/Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08355849350086979436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910737876389410763.post-17582381958678325602012-07-11T12:12:02.735+01:002012-07-11T12:12:02.735+01:00Jim. My source went unchecked. I'm embarrassed...Jim. My source went unchecked. I'm embarrassed. See the comment by Kerkira (Jenny Mulder) - on a photo I published on flickr <br /><br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/sibadd/3532034970/<br /><br />(quote) This is a photo of the islet Lazaretto. Lazaretto was the execution area for at least 112 political prisoners of Corfu between 1942-1944 and 1947-1949. A couple of years ago an old man told me terrible stories how people (mostly communists from the Epirus Mainland) were executed there. To make things legal there even was a public prosecutor present during the executions. The brother of Mikis Theodorakis is also buried here. Every year Mr Theodorakis comes to Corfu to visit the grave of his brother (unquote)<br /><br />On reflection I suspect 'brother' might have meant 'comrade'. The album of songs that Theodorakis composed supplemented this account - To Tragoudi Tou Nekrou Adelfou-Lipotaktes <br /><br />Thanks Jim.sibaddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02385376572555781755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910737876389410763.post-21277205811581148642012-07-11T11:34:52.777+01:002012-07-11T11:34:52.777+01:00Simon,
I am interested in the suggestion that The...Simon,<br /><br />I am interested in the suggestion that Theodorakis' brother may have been buried on Lazaretto Island. What is your source for this information? It seems very unlikely to me. I have a book in Greek about all the executions that took place, and I do not recall any mention of this.<br /><br />JimJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08355849350086979436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910737876389410763.post-22282128017240084552012-07-07T16:55:04.281+01:002012-07-07T16:55:04.281+01:00Case powerfully made, and I am in full agreement.
...Case powerfully made, and I am in full agreement.<br /><br />That doesn't mean that it's easy to work and concentrate, on history or creative writing, when the temperature is 35 or 36 degrees.<br /><br />I have updated my latest posting on Dylan Thomas to reflect my reasons for quoting that passage from his letter to Lawrence Durrell. As far as I know, DT never came to Corfu.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08355849350086979436noreply@blogger.com