Heroes or Outcasts? The Long Saga of the State's Recognition of the Greek Resistance (1944–2006)

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ID12269677
AuthorsMagdalini Fytili (0000-0002-0036-8935, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, corresponding author), Manos Avgeridis (0009-0000-1672-6875, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Eleni Kouki (0000-0002-0069-3922, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
Year2023
Volume33
Issue4
Pages1365-1383
Publication date2023-08-03
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueContemporary European History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0960-7773 • E-ISSN: 1469-2171
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0960777323000395
OpenAlexW4385551884
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited7

This article explores how the Greek state created and implemented the legislation relating to recognition of the National Resistance during three different transitional periods of the country's postwar history: civil war, dictatorship and democracy. The article's principal argument is that recognition served as the main tool for building consecutive national narratives not only of the resistance but also of Greekness, determining who was included in and excluded from the nation. By addressing one of the most loaded political issues in Greek society and politics in its entirety, this article revisits Greece's postwar history, highlighting the ruptures and continuities over a long period

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