The Great Famine through 6,000 newspaper clippings An interview with Professor Eleni Nikolaidou
31.10.2018 in Arts & CultureThe Great Famine through 6,000 newspaper clippings An interview with Professor Eleni Nikolaidou “The Starvation Recipes” book is the result of studying the daily Athenian newspapers—the “Athinaika Nea”, the “Vradini” and the “Kathimerini”—during the Nazi occupation (1941-44). Life in the nation’s capital was particularly nasty, burdened from hunger, retaliation acts, street barricades, and fear. The newspapers took upon the task to offer advice on how to consume less and began publishing “survival recipes” … When Professor Eleni Nikolaidou began her research on the living conditions of the Athenians during the German occupation, little did she suspect that…