SATURDAY  26/11/2022
10:00 (UTC) [K8]
Memories Fossilized Deep Inside Her... (New Episode)   
Documentary / History


Year of production: (2021)




The documentary series records the memories of everyday women who lived through the German occupation and survived the horrors of World War II.

More than 70 women from all over Greece speak of how they were forced, at a tender age, to violently mature overnight and face war, hunger, occupation, resistance and liberation with bravery, composure and ingenuity. Some vigorously, others shyly, others still emotionally charged, these women remember how their fear turned into strength and the play of carefree childhood became a duty and an adult role. Their testimonies are small fragments that make up the parchment of the micro-history of Greece. A story experienced through multiple lives..

Their memories are precious not only because they are the last survivors of a painful period in history, but because they have shaped a new life, with scarce emotions and a plundered inner world.

The documentary consists of 4 independent episodes and apart from personal narratives, it uses unpublished photographs, videos, documentary testimonies and academic analyses.

Today: «Victory of life over death»
Episode 4

In this episode, the last act of the drama plays out. The occupiers, just before they leave, savagely exterminate every resistance attempt in Kalavryta, in Valta, in Chortiatis, and wherever else they meet it, in Greece.

The girl who survives the burnt school in Kalavryta, together with the little girl in Valta, Chalkidiki, who saw her brother killed by traitors in front of her eyes, and the 9-year-old girl who hid among the corpses of the dead in her grandfather's bakery in Chortiatis, are connected with the same strength for life.

Women give the final kiss to their dead husbands, and fathers to their dead sons and are called to rise again in order to build a new life throughout the death. They succeed, but they wear the black of death on their clothes and souls for the rest of their lives.

The joy of Liberation transforms the days into a universal celebration and all the hidden strength is poured out, defeating the accumulated fear that paralyzed souls and bodies. But the joy lasted only these first few days...



Direction - Research: Tania Chatzigeorgiou
Research - Script: Ilianna Skouli
Music: Giorgos Kazantzis and Dionisis Tsaknis in episode 4
Editing: Eleni Chrisomalli
Direction of Photography: Aristotelis Metaxas, Nikos Stavropoulos, Efthimis Simadopoulos


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