Greek Restaurateur Serving in Attica Prison Claims He is Innocent

Constantine S. Sirigos

NEW YORK – Vassileios Giamagas’ life took a detour Greek-Americans are familiar with only through novels, television, and the movies. Now at the tops of all the professions in the United States, few would imagine prison – 15 years in a high-security facility – as the destination of a Greek in pursuit of the American dream. But a Greek never stops fighting for his rights and for a better future, and in America, everyone has a right to appeal their convictions. And to tell his or her side of the story. Although the Greek-born restaurateur who lived most of his life in Germany has only been here since 2006, the Greek-American community cannot be indifferent to his plight and to his pleas of being the victim of injustice. When his mother called TNH, imploring the newspaper to inform the community of her son’s tragedy in the hopes that he could be helped, we could not remain unmoved.

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April 19, 2012