Project Identity

The digital research project "Democracy and Freedom: Digital Museum of European Solidarity to Greece (1967-1974)was developed by the Contemporary Social History Archives (ASKI) as part of the Operational Programme ‘Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship & Innovation 2014-2020’, Ministry of Economy and Finance,  General Secretariat for Management of Sectoral Programs of European Regional Development Fund, Cohesion Fund and European Social Fund, EPAnEK 2014-2020, under the Priority Axis ‘Development of mechanisms to support entrepreneurship’. The project was co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

The website for the Digital Museum of European Solidarity to Greece (1967-1974) hosts more than 100,000 documented and catalogued digital images of archival materials and publications from the collections of ASKI and the Society for the Study of Left Youth History (EMIAN/ASKI). This digital repository sheds light on a largely unknown aspect of the dark years of the 21 April dictatorship: the wide geographical and thematic scope of European anti-dictatorship activity and solidarity to the Greek people. From the actions of Greek communities abroad to solidarity events by foreign organisations, associations, and political parties, this digital repository composes a panorama of freedom struggle by illuminating networks of people and organisations and documenting acts of protest and resistance, all demanding the fall of the junta and the establishment of Democracy in Greece.

It is complemented by original audiovisual material of interviews with people coming from various parts of Europe and hailing from different socio-political backgrounds who joined a multitude of organisations that worked towards overthrowing the dictatorship and raising awareness about the situation in Greece in their local communities.  

Moreover, the website hosts a series of user-friendly interactive educational applications, such as a digital map depicting anti-dictatorship publishing activity across Europe and a timeline which sheds light on unknown solidarity events big and small. In addition, the ‘Exhibitions’ section presents documentary evidence of anti-dictatorship activity and protest selected on aesthetic value or significance of impact, such as posters and previously unexplored photographic material. Finally, a digital application was developed especially for the project, providing a tour around monuments and landmarks of the anti-dictatorship struggle in the centre of Athens. The application is available for free and can be used on smartphones and tablets.

With a view to easy dissemination, open access to knowledge, and interoperability in a digital environment, the content included in this digital repository is also incorporated in its entirety in the Greek National Aggregator of Digital Cultural Content (EKT).


Project Team

Scientific advisory committee
Polymeris Voglis, Vangelis Karamanolakis, Kostis Karpozilos, Eleni Kouki, Katerina Labrinou

Project design, co-ordination and scientific supervision
Stathis Pavlopoulos

Digital repository and digital walk documentation
Giorgos Nousis, Aresteia Papadimitriou, Natalia Tsourma, Anastasia Chartomatsidi

Conceptual design of documentation, selection of subject headings
Ioanna Vogli, Polina Iordanidou, Anta Kapola, Katerina Labrinou, Stathis Pavlopoulos, Angeliki Christodoulou

Selection, organisation, and preparation of physical archives and publications
Ioanna Vogli, Thanasis Gallos, Polina Iordanidou, Anta Kapola, Angeliki Christodoulidou

Timeline documentation
Giannis Papakondylis, Christos Triantafyllou

Interview design-interviewer
Eleni Kouki

Interview filming-video processing
Xenofontas Vardaros

Translation
Eleni Vosinaki

Documentation Database-Digital Repository design and development
Infolib Andreas Tagios PC

Website-digital application design and development
Diadrasis-I. Ladas & Co. PC

Digitisation of archives and publications
Scripta PC. The digitisation work was carried out by Katerina Gerosideri, Argyro Prassou, Christiana Fasia

Digitisation workflow management
Ioanna Vogli

Financial and administrative supervision
STADION SA, Management, Development and Technology Consultants