Staring into the abyss: Inside a despairing Greek nation where
families queue at soup kitchens and women threaten to jump to
their deaths as job losses mount When Eleni Nikolaidou agreed to
help a university research project, she was asked to plough
through 6,000 newspapers from World War II. Life was so
difficult for the Greeks under Nazi occupation, she discovered,
that papers printed ‘Recipes for Hunger’ on their front pages to
help readers survive the deprivations of a dark chapter in
history. These included recipes for fried radishes and greens
scavenged from parks, along with tips such as grating an
aubergine on top of boiled rice to give the look of meat.
Horror: Lambrousi Harikleia threatened to jump to her death
because she was about to lose her job because of the debt
crisis. She was later led to safety, according to local media
reports One item especially disturbed her: a suggestion that
families collect the crumbs from their table after eating to
make into a meal at the end of the week. ‘These wer