The Palikari Project: Part III – Civil War & a Fresh Start | Toward the end of WWII, countries coming out from under the evil rule of The Axis were often were left to pickup the pieces of the decimated lives that once were. In Greece, that was turmoil was compounded by the rise of Communist guerillas and the ensuing civil war that turned families against each other and left the countryside in flames. In this episode, our hero -Spyros John Kass- is determined to save his country from the Communists and after doing so, the siren song of America came calling, along with a hope for starting over. This is the Palikari Project.

Read more about John Kass’ father here – The Palikari Project: Voice of My Father
Listen to The Palikari Project: Part I – Rizes
Listen to The Palikari Project: Part II – Occupation & Communists

About The Palikari Project: Thirty-five years ago in Oak Lawn, John Kass & his brother Nicholas set a card table with coffee, cigarettes, & a tap recorder, hoping to capture their family’s story from a primary source, their father, Spyros John Kass. The tapes were part of an art project John’s wife Betty put together, a ballet. But the tapes were thought lost and the voice of the Kass patriarch with them after his death in 1992.

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