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This new book by Dona-Lilian Kapon is both historical and autobiographical; it becomes the vehicle for a nostalgic return to the past, to a different Athens. From the first page, the author’s penetrating eye leads the reader to a visual return to her childhood; her memories, still alive in her soul, invite the reader to a journey in the Athens neighborhood of Pedion tou Areos and its beauty back then. With simple sincerity and delightful language, she confides her thoughts and concerns that still hold true and are relevant. She draws out of oblivion an era completely different from the present; she succeeds in moving those who have experienced it, and in making the younger generation wonder. This is the Athens she loved…

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Dona-Lilian Kapon descends from an old Greek-Jewish family. She has studied French and English literature, taught as professor for many years, and she was specialized in the translation of medical texts. She has served for a number of years as member of the board of the Jewish Community of Athens and as General Secretary of the Central Jewish Council of Greece. In 2018, she was honoured from the Greek Jewry for her multifaceted work and her support in the creation of the Holocaust Museum of Greece.

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