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Kiriakou's grandmother arrested for espionage
From KiriPedia, the archive of John Kiriakou's on-record words
Based on 1 recorded interview · Last updated
The 1934 arrest of John Kiriakou's maternal grandmother in fascist-era Greece — married at fourteen to an eighteen-year-old man who had by then become an American citizen, she was picked up by the authorities on a bare espionage charge Kiriakou attributes to her being married to *"I Amerikanida"* — the American woman. Kiriakou's grandfather bought her way out by bribing the prison guard with American magazines, and the couple then boarded a ship to the United States, arriving as immigrants in 1934.
Kiriakou’s grandmother arrested for espionage is John Kiriakou’s account of the 1934 arrest, in fascist Greece, of the woman who would become his maternal grandmother — and the specific reason his mother’s side of the family became American.
The arrest
“My mother’s parents came in 1934. The fascists had taken over in Greece, Greek fascists. And my Yia Yia was arrested because she was married to a Greek man who had become an American. They just called her ‘I Amerikanida’ and they arrested her.”[1][2]
The pretext
Asked on what grounds, Kiriakou’s answer: “For espionage. Just because she happened to be married to an — she got married when she was 14 years old. My Pappou was 18 years old.”[2]
The American-magazines bribe
“My Pappou bribed the prison guard with American magazines and she got out. They snuck onto a ship and they came, in 1934.”[2]
Sourced from John Kiriakou's on-record public statements. See his profile for the full body of his interviews, podcast appearances, and short-form video.
