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Across Australia and throughout the Hellenic diaspora, this month will see Hellenes take part in their annual commemoration of OXI Day – the day that the then leader of Greece, Premier and former General Metaxas, rejected the Italian dictator Mussolini's ultimatum in the early hours of the 28th October 1940.
Exploring the pivotal moments, challenges, and progress within the Greek Australian community during the years 1900 to 1954, this concise presentation sheds light on a vast subject. To establish clarity, we must distinguish between "community" and "Community" - the former denoting the larger collective, and the latter referring to organised bodies such as "The Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria"
Dr. Leon Saltiel, a Thessaloniki-born historian and expert on the Holocaust in Greece, presented at Melbourne's Holocaust Museum on April 24. He discussed his award-winning books, "The Holocaust in: Reactions to the Anti-Jewish Persecution, 1942–1943," and "Do Not Forget Me: Three Jewish Mothers Write to their Sons from the Thessaloniki Ghetto."
Members of GOCSA's Administrative Council will travel to Melbourne this weekend in support of their dance academy and the Greek Community of Melbourne's Antipodes Festival 2023.