The Church of Greece under Axis Occupation

PANTELEYMON ANASTASAKIS is an independent scholar who specializes in twentieth-century Balkan history, World War II, collaboration and resistance in times of war, and church–state relations.

Anastasakis has written a well-researched and knowledgeable book, which undoubtedly makes a
significant contribution to scholarship in its area.

The Church of Greece Under Axis Occupation offers an excellent context for the attitude of the Orthodox Church of Greece during the Axis occupation and gives important details, although generally apologetic, about the efforts of the Church to keep the nation together and to overcome difficulties.

—Vasilios N. Makrides:
...this book is a major contribution not only to the church history of modern Greece but also to Greek social, political, and cultural developments in the first half of the twentieth century. It is not only a welcome addition to the growing interest within American academia in modern Greek studies including the Orthodox Church but also a book that should be read by all those interested in World War II, Axis-occupied Europe, the Holocaust, and church-state relations in the modern European context.

—John A. Mazis:
The research on this work is of the highest order in both quantity and quality.