Greek identity with a difference, from the inside out and the outside in
(formerly Organically Cooked - Linking Greek food with Greek identity: you eat what you are, or who you want to be)
Na zisi pantote to nisaki sas, elefthero and doxasmeno.
Here is an excerpt from a documentary (The 11th Day) about the Cretan Resistance during World War II:
"Even in the face of certain death while standing in line to be executed, Cretans did not beg for their lives. This shocked the German troops. Kurt Student, the German Paratrooper Commander who planned the invasion, said of the Cretans, “I have never seen such a defiance of death.” General Alexander Andre, the German Commander of the Occupation Forces was amazed and said: "The courage of the Cretan facing the firing squad is legendary. Cretans turn into mythical figures. They are so proud of their moment of death that one can hardly fail to admire their courage. When executions were to take place I would leave my desk and walk out onto the balcony to watch their moment of death. Nowhere else have I witnessed such love of freedom and defiance for death as I did on Crete."
Yeah, Cretans took slightly longer... :-)
ReplyDeleteΝα ευχηθούμε με όλη μας την καρδιά, ΧΡΟΝΙΑ ΠΟΛΛΑ και κάθε επιτυχία στην αγαπημένη Ελλάδα και τον Ελληνισμό γενικώτερα.
ReplyDeleteAs a Makadona, I salute Cretans in helping with the Macedonian campaign to be free of the Ottomans.
ReplyDeleteNa zisi pantote to nisaki sas, elefthero and doxasmeno.
ReplyDeleteHere is an excerpt from a documentary (The 11th Day) about the Cretan Resistance during World War II:
"Even in the face of certain death while standing in line to be executed, Cretans did not beg for their lives. This shocked the German troops. Kurt Student, the German Paratrooper Commander who planned the invasion, said of the Cretans, “I have never seen such a defiance of death.” General Alexander Andre, the German Commander of the Occupation Forces was amazed and said: "The courage of the Cretan facing the firing squad is legendary. Cretans turn into mythical figures. They are so proud of their moment of death that one can hardly fail to admire their courage. When executions were to take place I would leave my desk and walk out onto the balcony to watch their moment of death. Nowhere else have I witnessed such love of freedom and defiance for death as I did on Crete."
And think how dramatically the world has changed since then.
ReplyDeleteYes, hail to my far away comrades & fellow inhabitants of Crete!
ReplyDeleteCrete feels independant to me. Ahem.
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