GEORGIA SAGKOURI
Georgia Sagkouri, a Roma woman from Dendropotamos — a neighborhood in Thessaloniki that has long been home to much of the city’s Roma community — carries with her the living memory of her family’s journey.
Though she was not yet born when her parents were forced to leave their homeland and settle in Thessaloniki, Georgia speaks through their stories — stories shaped by hardship, displacement, and the silent endurance of a people during the dark years of the Second World War.
In this testimony, she is joined by her grandson, Stavros Sagkouris, a student at the University of Macedonia. Together, they retrace the echoes of the past — piecing together the fragments of memory, pain, and resilience that have been passed from one generation to the next.
Yet amidst the shadows of war, Georgia remembers something vital: that when her family finally arrived in Greece, they were met not with rejection, but with humanity — with neighbors who stood beside them and treated them as equals. This is not only a story of survival, but of dignity, memory, and the enduring strength of community.
