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Greece: A Poem and a Song for Dimitris Christoulas

Categories: Western Europe, Greece, Arts & Culture, Governance, Music, Politics, Protest

“He has the touch of history / And white hair / Mister Dimitris”. On April 6, the anniversary of the German invasion in Greece during World War 2, Stamatis Kalogeropoulos posted a poem [1] [el] and a song [2] on his blog, Ποίηση κι Αφήγηση (Poetry and Narration), written in memory of 77-year old Dimitris Christoulas, whose public suicide [3] on April 4 in Syntagma square, Athens, opposite the Greek parliament, shocked the country. In a note left behind (translations in several languages here [4]), Christoulas accused the “occupation government” of eliminating his right to a decent living.