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She toiled in two continents, she”divided” her life between two homelands

Interviewee
  • MARTHA GIANOPOLITIS
Category
City
  • BRIGHTON-LE-SANDS

Martha Gianopolitis found her homeland in two continents. In Greece, she experienced the terror of occupation and civil war as a young girl. In Australia, she toiled as a migrant woman, earning her living “armed” with only four English words: “any job for me.” Although the woman from Messinia became a wife and mother in the Fifth Continent, she couldn’t resist pursuing what all expatriates dream of—the longed-for return home. However, upon her return to Greece, faced with new challenges and dilemmas, Martha slowly realised that the dream that had once driven her to emigrate, was beginning to resurface within her…

Martha departed on her journey to eternity in March 2021.

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