Post by Administrator on May 29, 2007 20:17:17 GMT 10
In late 1940, an American journalist, Dorothy Hosmer, was despatched by The National Geographic Magazine to report on life in the Dodecanese islands, then under Italian rule. Her article included a revealing section on the situation on Castellorizo as war approached.
Featuring interviews with members of the Economou family and charming photographs of life on the island, the article is a fascinating snapshot of Castellorizo at this pivotal moment in its chequered history. In a sad irony, by the time the article had been published, the British had launched a bloody, but unsuccessful, commando assault on the island (in February 1941) and the island had been condemned to an isolated, siege-like existence, a situation that would persist until the Italian surrender in September 1943.
View the article here: www.castellorizohistory.com/history.htm
Nicholas
Featuring interviews with members of the Economou family and charming photographs of life on the island, the article is a fascinating snapshot of Castellorizo at this pivotal moment in its chequered history. In a sad irony, by the time the article had been published, the British had launched a bloody, but unsuccessful, commando assault on the island (in February 1941) and the island had been condemned to an isolated, siege-like existence, a situation that would persist until the Italian surrender in September 1943.
View the article here: www.castellorizohistory.com/history.htm
Nicholas
