<p>When a set of long‑lost photographs of the 1944 May Day executions of 200 Greeks by Nazi occupation forces suddenly surfaced on eBay in February, Greece was shaken. </p><p>The images — the first ever to show the two hundred political prisoners, Communists, walking to their deaths at the Kaisariani shooting range in Athens — reopened a chapter of history that has never stopped shaping the country’s politics.</p><p>With the help of our guest <a href="https://www.eui.eu/people?id=elias-dinas" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Professor Elias Dinas</a> from the European University Institute in Florence, in this episode we explore why these photographs matter now: how they collide with decades of suppressed memory, why Kaisariani remains a defining symbol for the Greek Left, and what their reappearance reveals about the ongoing struggle over who gets to tell the story of the past.</p><p><strong>Useful reading</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260219-unseen-photos-nazi-executions-greek-resistance-fighters-wwii-ebay" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Never-before-seen photos of Nazi executions in Greece surface on eBay</a> – France24</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/21/greece-recovers-long-lost-photos-nazi-may-day-executions-athens-kaisariani" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‘We can see that courage’: Greece recovers long-lost photos of Nazis’ May Day executions</a> – <em>The Guardian</em></p><p><a href="https://www.ekathimerini.com/in-depth/society-in-depth/1295582/man-moved-as-photo-of-grandfathers-execution-by-nazis-surfaces/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Man moved as photo of grandfather’s execution by Nazis surfaces</a> - <em>Kathimerini</em></p><p><a href="https://www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/1296293/message-from-the-past-mirror-for-today/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Message from the past, mirror for today</a> - <em>Kathimerini</em></p><p><a href="https://www.tovima.com/culture/kaisariani-execution-three-more-historic-photographs-surface/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kaisariani Execution: Three More Historic Photographs Surface</a> – <em>To Vima</em></p><p><a href="https://www.dnews.gr/eidhseis/news-in-english/573559/photographs-of-1944-nazi-executions-in-greece-declared-protected-monument" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Photographs of 1944 Nazi Executions in Greece Declared Protected Monument</a> – <em>Dnews</em></p><p><a href="https://www.tovima.com/society/cretan-man-recognizes-his-grandfather-in-kaisariani-execution-pics/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cretan Man Recognizes His Grandfather in Kaisariani Execution Pics</a> – <em>To Vima</em></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>