2024-04-07 00:23:24
The mayor of the Heroic Island of Kasos, Michalis Erotokritos, mentioned the actions and commemorative events for the 200th anniversary of the Holocaust of the island (June 7, 1824), in the press conference, which took place in the event hall of ESIEA.
Members of the Honorary Committee of the 200th anniversary of the Holocaust, the poet Titos Patrikios, the writer Pantelis Boukalas, Yiannis Pavlopoulos and the University student Jeni Kremastinou, the former mayor Mary Sorotou Tsanaki, as well as friends of the island, the director and actor Michalis Mitrousis and the painter Yiannis Adamakis.
Kasos, during the Revolution of ’21, with more than 100 ships, was the terror of the Turkish-Egyptian fleet, the protector of Crete and the Dodecanese and subjected the conqueror to a multitude of humiliations, until she burned helplessly, three years later.
With the central slogan “Remembering – Honoring – Envisioning”, the Organizing Committee prepared an ambitious program, with the aim of highlighting the historical yesterday but also claiming an ambitious tomorrow. A conference was already held on “Kasio Shipping 19th – 21st century” and the establishment of a school of shipbuilding in Kasos, an informative brochure was published, a bookmark was printed, which will be available free of charge in central bookstores, and cooperation with ERT, as a communication sponsor, was secured.
The circulation of an anniversary coin by the Bank of Greece and the issuance of commemorative stamps by ELTA are expected in the next period. 1824-2024. A Conference of the House of Letters and Arts of the Dodecanese in Kasos with topics related to the history of the island, a day at the Hellenic Parliament with historical topics of the Holocaust period and an exhibition of relics from the same period are also planned.
Tributes related to Culture will be the exhibition at the Piraeus Art Gallery with works by Kasiotis, the internationally renowned painter Mayo (Antonis Malliarakis) and well-known Greek painters, with themes inspired by Kasos.
Also, in collaboration with Municipalities, the two-day event entitled “The Kasos outside the walls” in various Greek cities which will include:- Theatrical performance of the play “Kassiotes Kapetanaoi – The great unknowns of ’21” – a special show for the ” 200 years since the Kasos Holocaust”, which will be broadcast in October by the VOICE OF GREECE – ERT all over the world.
– Conference on the historical contribution of Kasos in the 21st century and its Holocaust.
In the field of publishing, three books are expected to be published on the history of Kassos, the Holocaust and the contribution of Kassians to the opening of the Suez Canal.
With a clear message for the Environment, the Municipality is planning the symbolic tree planting of 200 trees for the 200 year anniversary.
Finally, a series of events of honor and memory for the anniversary of the Holocaust, will take place in Kasos, Athens, Rhodes and America, at the beginning of June.
The Municipality of the Heroic Island of Kasos has planned all the necessary actions, asking for the help of the state to make them a reality:
– The construction of a monument in the area of Antiperatou.
– The International Meeting of Lyre and Bowed Instruments with conference breakfasts in Kasos and pre-festival meetings in Rhodes, Chania, Syros and Athens.
– Musical Theater Event at Herodeion.
– Construction of a bust of the hero of Kasos Markos Malliarakis on the street of heroes in the Field of Ares
– Announcement of a scholarship from the Kapodistrian University for the preparation of a doctoral thesis on the History of Kasos.
– Creation of a historical documentary about Kaso.
– Creating an album with Kasiotiki music.
– Event in Kasos with traditional Local and Dodecanese music and dance groups.
– Workshop on the use of traditional windmills.
– Acquisition of the Philippi and Soili photographic files.