IAKOVOS KAMPANELLIS‏

The great playwright and journalist Iakovos Kampanellis born on December 3, 1922.

During the Occupation, he was involved in the resistance, but in 1943 was arrested by the Germans and taken to the Mauthausen concentration camp where he was held until May 5, 1945 when it was liberated by the allied forces.

From this experience he wrote the famous narrative work "Mauthausen" which was based on the title song cycle by Mikis Theodorakis.

Projects of Iakovos kampanellis uploaded abroad repeatedly and is universally considered the founder of postwar Greek drama.

Research, Presentation
Rafaela Zioti