After the luminous period of the Epic of '40 came the mournful twilight of the Occupation. The occupation of Athens by the Germans on April 27, 1941 marked the beginning of four years of brutal slavery.

Hunger, deprivation, the pillaging of national and human dignity. A daily battle for self-preservation, self-defense. Resistance. (. . .)

As in the previous volumes of the "Testimonies," history here is not described. It is written. It is written secretly, hastily, with blood instead of ink, in dark rooms, in the prisons of the condemned, on the walls, day by day, by all those who experienced the anguish, the despair but also the exuberance of the liberation struggle.

Eternal memories that vividly demonstrate the superiority of spirit over violence.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]