ABSTRACT
The dramatic growth of the neo-Nazi organization Golden Dawn in Greece in recent years has been attributed mostly to the profound fi nancial crisis, to the International Monetary Fund’s imposition of severe austerity measures, and to the large number of immigrants who have altered the character of the centre of Athens. While Golden Dawn’s growing infl uence has made an impression even in areas of mainland Greece, such as Distomo and Kalavryta, which witnessed the carnage of victims by Nazi occupation forces, very few people have wondered about the extent to which the ignorance of history has contributed to the organization’s growth.
