Book – biography of Vasos Minaides | “I was born a Karpathian, raised a Rh
Source: Tornos News
Events from the Italian occupation, the war, the liberation and the integration of the Dodecanese with Greece, as well as valuable testimonies about the resistance of the Dodecanese, are included in the new book – biography of Vasos Minaides, honorary president of the Panhellenic Federation of Hoteliers and the Rhodes Hoteliers’ Association.
The work, entitled “Moments of History”, unfolds the author’s life from his childhood in Karpathos and his apprenticeship in Rhodes, to his studies in Athens and his many years in Greek tourism. The narrative touches on the first steps in the hotel industry in Rhodes, the beginning of unionism in the industry in the 1960s, as well as the political and economic background that influenced the development of the tourism product.
The presentation will take place on Sunday, October 5, 2025, at 6:00 PM (arrival from 5:30 PM), at the Apollo Blue Hotel conference center. The following will speak about the book:
- historian and emeritus professor of the National University of Athens Maria Efthymiou,
- former European Commissioner and Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos,
- political scientist and internationalist Eleftheria Ftaklaki,
- as well as the author Vasos Minaides himself.
The conference will be moderated by journalist and biographer of Mr. Minaides, Nektarios Kalogirou, while excerpts will be read by Maria Manioti. After the event, a cocktail will follow in the hotel’s rotunda.
The publication is published by “for nature” publications, with the Minaides family announcing that all proceeds from its sale will be allocated to support the charitable purposes of the “Dodecanese Bee” and the “Pancarpathian Association of Rhodes”.
Vassos Minaides notes characteristically on the back cover:
“…I was born a Karpathian, I grew up a Rhodesian and I live in the Dodecanese.
I experienced Italian-occupied, German-occupied and then liberated Karpathos, free Rhodes, the integration of the Dodecanese, post-civil war Greece, the Athens of forgotten personalities, the development of tourism and the transformation of hospitality into a medium that bridged the divided Europe. I met historic politicians up close in unimaginably human moments and ordinary people in actions that wrote history.
For all of this; the events, the toil, the circumstances, the struggles, the successes and the upheavals, for the known and the unknown figures, I believe that the right time has come for me to speak and tell them exactly as I experienced them.”
Vasos Minaides.
The event is open to the public.
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