Between 1950 and 1970 Greece allowed for the exportation of thousands of children for adoption to the US. Not everything was done above-board. The system was controlled by a small circle of orphanage directors, local mayors, doctors, lawyers, judges, Greek American community leaders, and even travel agents. Now, these children are searching for the truth. And time is running out. An 8-part series about the first international adoption scandal in history which has been kept a secret for too long.

Sources:

• https://pappaspost.com/greeces-forgotten-cold-war-orphans-and-americas-complicity/?fbclid=IwAR1ki3nl5BvqwklsWzgP8hmLqqVG3kqv7oNAdQ_D2I3-lRBbtTv4F2hMqSQ.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHXxJYnqgZE.
• Adoption, Memory, and Cold War Greece: Kid pro quo? by Gonda Van Steen, 2019.
• Ripped at the Root: An Adoption Story by Mary Cardaras, 2021.

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