[MGSA-L] Memories of the Holocaust in Greek Poetry: Poetry Reading by Iossif Ventura, April 6, 3:30pm

Roilos, Panagiotis roilos at fas.harvard.edu
Sat Apr 2 08:11:14 PDT 2016


Dear all,

I would like to invite you to the following event.

Sincerely,
Panagiotis Roilos
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Panagiotis Roilos
George Seferis Professor of Modern Greek Studies and Professor of Comparative Literature
Faculty Associate, The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
Faculty Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies
Harvard University
Member of the Governing Board, European Cultural Center of Delphi
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The Program of Modern Greek Studies
Department of The Classics, Harvard University

Poetry Reading of "Tanais" and "The Game" by Iossif Ventura

Wed., Apr. 6, 2016, 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Boylston Hall 110
(Fong Auditorium)
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On June 9, 1944, six-year old Iossif's life would be irrevocably changed. Almost the entire Jewish community of Chania, Crete, would leave the island in the hold of a German commercial vessel, Tanais. They were on their way to German death camps, but their death would come sooner.

The ship was torpedoed by the British off the coast of Santorini and all those on board would drown, among them eighty-eight Jewish children from Chania. Although surviving, because his father heeded warnings and got the Ventura family safely to Athens, Iossif was haunted by the loss of the Jewish community of Chania, especially the children.
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