Abstract
This project was installed at the Tsakopoulos Gallery of the California State University, Sacramento Library. In preparation for this exhibit, the author worked in several capacities. She conducted research in both the United States and Greece and interned for a semester in the CSUS Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA), assisting in processing and analysis of the Basil J. Vlavianos Collection. Additionally, the author interviewed individuals who participated in the Resistance or in relief efforts; obtained ephemera from individuals throughout the United States to be included in the exhibit; and served on a committee that planned, designed and installed the exhibit entitled “Resistance and Relief, Axis Occupied Greece, 1941-1944” which ran from April 6 through May 1, 2010. Though coming from different fields of practice, all individuals involved in this exhibit were extremely dedicated to the goal of telling a little-known story about the devastating famine in Greece, the valor of the Greeks who resisted Axis forces and the hugely significant role that Greek-Americans played in both sending relief to and changing political policy affecting Greece.