Background
He was born in Ismailia in Egypt and studied at Charles University, Czechoslovakia.
He was born in Ismailia in Egypt and studied at Charles University, Czechoslovakia.
He moved to Greece in 1961 where he worked for the newspaper "Naftergatiki-Naftemporiki" and the magazine "Istoriki Epitheorisi".
In 1956 he defended his doctoral thesis on the "Asia Minor Disaster".