Table of Contents

Prologue: Swastika over the Acropolis. Part I The chaos of the New Order, 1941-43: Venizelos's funeral; the Occupation begins; the famine; black market axioms; "An atmosphere of imminent catastrophe"; Greek workers in the Reich; dreams of a new Europe. Part II: "This heroic madness", 1942-43: the resistance of daily life; prudence or bravery? the old politicians; becoming organized; urban protest; "Freedom or death!"; politics of the Andartiko; the end of Italian rule. Part 3 The logic of violence and terror, 1943-44: the logic of violence; anatomy of a massacre - 16th August 1943; "The loveliest time" - the behaviour and values of the German soldier; the SS and the terror system; Greek Jewry and the Final Solution. Part 4 A society at war, 1943-44: people's democracy in free Greece; ELAS - the army of the revolution; "A cemetery awash in blood" - the counter-revolution; "Tired out by history" - Athens 1944. Epilogue: "No peace without victory".