‘The Germans are back’: Euroscepticism and anti-Germanism in crisis-stricken GreeceFootnote^†

† This is the direct English translation of the tile of a classic 1948 Greek movie (‘Οι Γερμανοί ξανάρχονται’) with a powerful anti-war message. Shot during a most turbulent time for Greece (the civil-war years that followed the end of the WWII-Nazi occupation of the country), the movie features Theodoros, a quiet, kind man, who one day witnesses a terrifying civil-war conflict while out shopping and upon his return home, he falls asleep and dreams that Hitler is alive and the Nazis are back in Greece with more powerful weapons. The movie – a ‘satirical nightmare’ as its creators called it – won critical acclaim and is considered one of the best examples of Greek filmography. For the original film poster in English (on which the title is ‘The Nazis strike again’) and a selection of links with more information on the movie in English, see Βικιπαίδεια (2014).

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