War & Occupation
A major event of the 2004 Kythera Photographic Encounters was the exhibition “War, Occupation and Liberation in Kythera”, based on the holdings of the Kythera Photographic Archive and a number of private loans. The greater part of the exhibition consisted of contemporary prints produced from glass negatives exposed between 1941 and 1945 by Manolis Fatseas, son of the photographer Panayotis Fatseas, who had died in 1938. Despite his youth (he was only fifteen at the time of his father’s death), Manolis Fatseas continued to run the photography business from the studio in Leivadi. Carefully husbanding his limited resources of negative plates, paper and chemicals, he continued to photograph during the war and occupation years; the surviving work includes images of everyday life, portraits of the islanders and of the refugees who had found shelter on Kythera, but also of the Italian and German occupation forces, eager for portraits of themselves to send to their families. Finally, Manolis Fatseas was able to photograph the arrival of British and Greek troops on the island and the celebrations with which they were welcomed.
The Kythera Cultural Association is continuing its research into the history of Kythera during the war years, and is building up an associated archive of pictorial, oral and documentary testimony. We welcome any personal accounts of the period, or any other relevant information.
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March 1941. In the rocky tombs and catacombs of...
men of the Australia Infantry Forces (AIF) tune their instruments before performing a classic Greek dance with hands held...
submitted by Kytherian Cultural Exchange on 03.03.2012
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A Wartime Christmas Eve
Manolis Fatseas: Livadi, 1942 (contemporary print from glass negative)
Photographed by a young Manolis Fatseas, the six...
submitted by KCA Admin on 05.06.2010
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submitted by James Victor Prineas on 17.04.2007
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Military Occupation Postage Stamp
A postage stamp issued on Kythera by the Axis military authorities. It is a pre-war 80 lepta Greek stamp with a...
submitted by KCA Admin on 01.04.2007
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Requisition Form, 1942
A requisition form issued by the Italian occupation forces and signed by the Italian military governor, Captain Falcionelli....
submitted by KCA Admin on 09.02.2006
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German occupation soldier, 1941-44
Manolis Fatseas: Portrait of a German occupation soldier. Compared to other parts of occupied Europe, Kythera was inevitably...
submitted by KCA Admin on 09.02.2006
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German occupation soldier, 1941-44
Manolis Fatseas: Portrait of a German occupation soldier. Compared to other parts of occupied Europe, Kythera was inevitably...
submitted by KCA Admin on 09.02.2006
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German occupation soldier, 1941-44
Manolis Fatseas: Portrait of a German occupation soldier. Compared to other parts of occupied Europe, Kythera was inevitably...
submitted by KCA Admin on 09.02.2006
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Papa-Yakoumis, 1941-44
Manolis Fatseas: Papa-Yakoumis and family. Standing, left, Manolis Tzannes (Flasketos) and his wife. To the right are their...
submitted by KCA Admin on 08.02.2006
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Excursion to Chamili (?), 1942-44
Manolis Fatseas: Group photograph of a wartime excursion, probably to Chamili. Seated from right: Manolis Fatseas, Giorgos...
submitted by KCA Admin on 08.02.2006
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Commemorative group photo, c.1943
Manolis Fatseas: Group photograph from the wedding of Thanassis Lourandos (Kalisperis) and Stamata Megalokonomou. Digital...
submitted by KCA Admin on 08.02.2006
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Thanassis Lourandos & Stamata Megalokonomou, 1942-44
Manolis Fatseas: Wedding photograph of Thanassis Lourandos (Kalisperis) and Stamata Megalokonomou, 1942-44. To their left...
submitted by KCA Admin on 08.02.2006
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Maria & Efthalia Fatsea, c.1941
Manolis Fatseas: Portrait of Maria & Efthalia Fatsea, c.1941.
Digital positive image from original glass negative. Ref. No....
submitted by KCA Admin on 08.02.2006
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Liberation in Leivadi, 1945
Manolis Fatseas: A unit of Royal Navy marines is welcomed at the entrance to Leivadi, 5 February 1945. Digital positive image...
submitted by KCA Admin on 07.02.2006
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Liberation in Leivadi, 1945
Manolis Fatseas: A unit of Royal Navy marines is welcomed at the entrance to Leivadi, 5 February 1945. In the centre,...
submitted by KCA Admin on 07.02.2006
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Antonia Fatsea, 1941-44
Manolis Fatseas: Antonia Fatsea in traditional dress, 1941-44.
Digital positive image from original glass negative. Ref. No....
submitted by KCA Admin on 07.02.2006
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Gendarme, c.1941
Manolis Fatseas: Portrait of an unknown gendarme, c.1941.
Digital positive image from original glass negative. Ref. No. MF...
submitted by KCA Admin on 07.02.2006
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Double portrait, 1941-44
Manolis Fatseas: portrait of an unknown couple, 1941-44.
Digital positive image from original glass negative. Ref. No. MF...
submitted by KCA Admin on 07.02.2006
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Kythera Garrison troops, 1940
Manolis Fatseas: Kytherian conscripts in infantry uniform presenting arms for Bishop Prokopios, late 1940. Kytherian...
submitted by KCA Admin on 07.02.2006
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Afroditi Plioni and Antonis Manos, c.1941
Manolis Fatseas: Portrait of Afroditi Plioni and Antonis Manos, c.1941. Digital positive image from original glass negative....
submitted by Kythera Cultural Association on 13.03.2005
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