the shellman factory used to be one of the noisiest, this is where the industry ordered much of it's plied woo, giving work to 1200 families, in the cries yeses the construction industry collapsed and shellman didn't replace the lost business with exports quickly enough. on a chilly day in february last year, workers owed years of back pay down to their tools. this complex that took half a century to build, fell silent. some people got tired and died of the stress. some took their children out of schools and university, because they couldn't pay the expenses. >> two university educated children are also unemployed. >> about 200,000 degree companies have succumbed to shellman's fate during the crisis. many of them could have been saved. they had been able to borrow in order to keep operating. but despite receiving more than $60 billion in taxpayer money, banks have all but stopped lending. >> the reason is that during the crisis many consumers and businesses stopped paying off their loans this has meant they have has to raise money, without leaving enough to relend, but banks are maki

. >> reporter: the shellman factory used to be one of the noisy places on the island.here the greek construction industry ordered much of its plywood and chip work giving work to 1200 families n the crisis the construction industry collapsed and shellman did not replace the business with exports quickly enough, in a chilly day in february last year workers owed years of back pay and downed the tools, this 40 hector complex that took half a century to build fell silent and he worked his entire life at the factory's purpose built harbor. >> translator: ended up in a difficult situation and some people got tired and died of stress and others committed suicide and took children out of schools and university because they couldn't pay expenses. >> reporter: his wife and two university educated children are also unemployed. about 200,000 greek companies have sumed to the fate during the crisis and many of them could have been save if they could borrow to keep operating but despite receiving more than $60 billion in taxpayer money banks have all but stopped lending. the reason

shellman did not replace the lost business with exports. workiers last year downed tools. this 40 hectare complex that took half a century to build fell slept. this map worked his life. >> we ended up in a difficult situation. some were tired and died of the stress. one man tried to commit suicide. some took their children out of schools and universities because they couldn't pay for the university. about 200,000 greek companying succumbed to that fate. many could have been saved if they had borrowed in order to keep operating. despite refusing $60 billion. lancs have all but stopped lending. during the crisis many consumers and businesses stopped paying off their loan. this meant they had to raise money to absorb losses without leaving enough to relend. banks are making the situation worse, by refusing to forgive some debt while companies have a chance to survive. this man head funds aiming to be a nonbank lender. >> things happen not because of politicians and politics, but despite them. there's a nexus of business and political interest, and an a new one built on touris

. >> reporter: his wife and children are unemployed. 2,000 succumbed to shellman's fate. many could have been saved if they could have borrowed to operate. despite receiving more than 60 billion in taxpayer money, banks all but stopped lending. the reason is that during the crisis consumers and businesses stopped paying their leans. it saddled banks with $100 billion in debt. they had to make money simply to absorb losses. banks are making the situation worse, by refusing to forgive some debt while companies have a chance to survive. george heads a fund aiming to be greece's non-n bank lender. >> things happen not because of politics, but despite them. there's a nexus. and there's a new greece emerging, built on tourism, built on companies which a few years back decided there's not much future in greece, and started facing foreign markets, and now their labels are paying off after two or three years. >> these new beginnings harbour hope. it will take decades for greece to rebuild what was lost to financial undertakers >>> thousands of people have taken to the streets to a