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Suggestions for Further Reading on the Topic of Intercountry Adoptions from Greece in the post-WWII and Cold War Period (1948-1960s) – June 2021, compiled by Gonda Van Steen – added June 28, 2021
ARTICLES
Adoption: Searching for Lost Greek Identity – American Citizens Searching for Their Roots – published July 14, 2022 – in.gr – added July 14, 2022
The real Paedomazoma – New facts about the monstrous crime of the nation-state, published in Imerodromos.gr – added July 12, 2022
The lost children of the Cold War seek justice – The truth behind mass adoptions in the US by Sunday Axiotis, published in Ethnos, June 2, 2022 – added July 12, 2022
DNA Q&A: How Are Adoptees Related to Their DNA Matches? by Blaine Bettinger, published by Family Tree Magazine – added January 17, 2022
In Support of Justice for Greek-Born Adoptees – by Linda Carol Trotter, published October 15, 2021, The National Herald – added December 10, 2021
Diaspora Minister Promises Action on Citizenship for Greek Adoptees – by Patricia Claus, published November 10, 2021, The Greek Reporter – added December 10, 2021
DNA Samples Collected Throughout Nation to Help Greek Adoptees – by Patricia Claus, published September 29, 2021, The Greek Reporter – added December 10, 2021
Cold War-Era Greek Adoptee Finds Her Family, Founds Mission to Help Others – by Patricia Claus, published March 11, 2021, The Greek Reporter – added December 10, 2021
Eftychia and Her Big Fat Greek Family Reunited after 59 Years – by Matina Demelis, published March 10, 2019, The National Herald – added December 10, 2021
An Accounting from one Adoptee by Mary Cardaras, published July 8, 2021, Intercountry Adoptee Voices (ICAV) – added July 18, 2021
Opinion: Bring Them Back! – by Mary Cardaras and Gonda Van Steen, published in the PappasPost.com, June 16, 2021 – added June 28, 2021
Demanding What Belongs to Us: Our Greek Identity – written by Mary Cardaras, published in the PappasPost.com, June 7, 2021 – added June 28, 2021
The Prinkipo Greek Orthodox Orphanage – wikipedia.org – added June 28, 2021
Finding Your Birth Family with a DNA Test – by Diahan Southard, published on FamilyTreeMagazine.com – added June 26, 2021
Greece’s Forgotten Cold War Orphans and America’s Complicity – by Alexander Kitroeff, published by the PappasPost.com, May 5, 2021 – added May 10, 2021
Greek Adoption Agency to Preserve Records of Thousands of Orphans – Greek Reporter 5 March 2021
EMBCA Presented Hellenic Orphans Taken Abroad 1821-1960s – The National Herald, 1 February 2021
The Incredible Stories of Thousands of Greek Orphans Taken Abroad – The Greek Reporter, 3 January 2021
A Quest for Closure: The Journey to Pergamos – The National Herald, 28 Nov 2020
Baby without a name grows into a man on a quest to find family – Neos Kosmos, 10 April 2019
Adopted Woman Finds Her Greek Family – The National Herald, 5 Jan 2019
Tales of Stolen Babies And Lost Identities; A Greek Scandal Echoes in New York – New York Times Article 1996
Adoption 1950’s Greece – “Son Finds Father’s Birth Mother” – The National Herald, 4 March 2006
Dream Come True: Woman Finds Sister After 33 Years – The National Herald, 18 February 2006
Greek Orthodox orphanage, Europe’s largest wooden building, awaits salvation off Istanbul – Agence France-Presse, 28 May 2018
Black-market babies search Greek records for birthright – Houston Chronicle, Associated Press, 1 Sept 1996
Are We There Yet?’ The Greek Adoptees’ Road of Return – by Prof. Gonda Van Steen
Adoption Children in the US and Europe Looking for Their Roots – Interview by Justin Frangoulis-Argyris, Journalist and Writer, with Gonda Van Steen. Published in the Greek Huffington Post on October 3, 2018
BOOKS
Children wanted from Greece: Adoptions in America during the Cold War by Gonda Van Steen, published in Greek, November 2021 – added January 17, 2021
Literary Review: Towards A New Life by Konstantinos N. Ganias – review written by Eleni Sakellis, published in The National Herald – November 16, 2019
Adoption, Memory, and Cold War Greece: Kid pro quo? by Gonda Van Steen, published November 2019
Children of the Greek Civil War by Danforth & Van Boeschoten – 83 names listed in book
Abandoned Maria 43668 by Maria (Mary) Theodoropoulou, published 2006 Athens: Nikas Books, Elliniki Paideia. English translation 2019. Combines personal narrative with research.
“The Greek Civil War, Child Removal and Traumatic Pasts in Australia by Joy Damousi; Chapter 6 in ebook titled Legacies of Violence
Rendering the Unspeakable Past in Modern Australia, Dec. 2016, published by Berghahn Books”
Twentieth-Century Janissary: An Orphan’s Search for Freedom, Family, and Heritage by C. Dionysios Dionou, published 2011
The Girl from the Tower: A Journey of Lies by Joanna S. Giangardella, published 2nd Ed. 2017
Beyond the Third Door. Based on a True Story by Maria Heckinger, published 2019
Golden Strangers: An Adoption Memoir by Maria Kelmis, published 2012
FACEBOOK GROUPS & WEBSITES
Facebook – Roots Research Center – Κέντρο Ερευνών Ρίζες – added January 17, 2022
Website – The Eftychia Project – added December 10, 2021
Facebook – The Eftychia Project – added December 10, 2021
Facebook – Greek Orphans Seeking Answers (GOSA) – added August 9, 2021
Facebook – ARE YOU ADOPTED? DO WE LOOK ALIKE? DO WE HAVE THE SAME BLOOD? – ΜΗΠΩΣ ΕΙΣΑΙ ΥΙΟΘΕΤΗΜΕΝΟΣ ? ΜΗΠΩΣ ΜΟΙΑΖΟΥΜΕ ? ΜΗΠΩΣ ΕΧΟΥΜΕ ΤΟ ΙΔΙΟ ΑΙΜΑ ? – added July 18, 2021
Facebook – Greek Born Adoptees – added December 10, 2021
FILMS / VIDEOS
Video – Greek Born Adoptee & Adoptee Advocate – Mary Cardaras – added July 12, 2022
The Eftychia Project YouTube Channel – added December 10, 2021
16 orphans marry at the same time in a ceremony in Athens, Greece – 1925
360 Degrees The Lost Children of Cold War Greece (with English subtitles) –
updated December 10. 2021
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