Kalamata Diary

From October 28, 1940 until February of 1947, Sotiria Salivaras provided a unique eye-witness account of life in Kalamata, Greece before, during, and after World War II through her meticulous diary entries. In The Kalamata Diary: Greece, War and Emigration, Eduardo D. Faingold carefully analyzes and contextualizes the major events in modern Greek history about which Salivaras writes in her diary.

Eduardo D. Faingold is associate professor of Spanish at the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

1 Table of Contents 2 Preface 3 Acknowledgments Chapter 4 1. Chapter One Chapter 5 2. Chapter Two Chapter 6 3. October 1940 Chapter 7 4. November 1940 Chapter 8 5. December 1940 Chapter 9 6. January 1941 Chapter 10 7. February 1941 Chapter 11 8. March 1941 Chapter 12 9. April 1941 Chapter 13 10. Dates of Heroic Achievements Chapter 14 11. Leaving Greece Chapter 15 12. On the Beauties of Athens Chapter 16 13. From Athens to Rome Chapter 17 14. In Beautiful Switzerland Chapter 18 15. My Impressions of My Father 19 Appendix A. A Facsimile Sample from the Diary 20 References 21 About the Author