The Zappeion Megaro is one of the most prominent buildings in #Athens and was built for the revival of the Olympic Games in 1896. But in 1923 it was used for a different purpose; to house orphaned children expelled from Ottoman #Turkey following the #GreekGenocide.

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In this work, Vakalopouloos researches the first phase of the #GreekGenocide which began in Eastern Thrace.

Aside from massacres, boycotts, forced labour and other repressive measures, Vakalopoulos states that approximately 100,000 Greeks of Eastern Thrace were deported to the interior of Asia Minor, and only half returned.

Persecution and Genocide of Hellenism in Thrace: The First Uprooting (1908-1917)].
K. Vakalopoulos. Ant. Stamoulis Publishers, 2007..

More: https://www.greek-genocide.net/index.php/bibliography/books/persecution-and-genocide-of-hellenism-in-thrace

View a list of over 90 publications documenting the #GreekGenocide.

#biblioggraphy #books #Reading

https://www.greek-genocide.net/index.php/bibliography

A boat overturns in the chaos as people line the Smyrna dock seeking passage out of Asia Minor.
Source: David E. Moore Collection.

#Smyrna #SmyrnaHolocaust #100years #Catastrophe #GreekGenocide #Greeks #Armenians

More: https://www.greek-genocide.net/index.php/photos

The Greeks of Ayvalik the neighboring Ayvalik Islands (Gr: Moschonisia) endured almost a decade of persecution during the #GreekGenocide. Their persecution included massacre, death marches, boycotts, confiscation, and the destruction of their personal, cultural and religious property.

#ayvalik #moschonisi #genocide #deportation #greeks #ottomanempire #turkey

https://www.greek-genocide.net/index.php/overview/documentation/ayvalik-and-the-ayvalik-islands

Charles Dexter Morris (1883-1954) was a news editor for the #NearEastRelief from 1921-1924. He has been credited for taking some of the most recognizable photos depicting the final phase of the #GreekGenocide.

View some of his photos: https://www.greek-genocide.net/index.php/overview/humanitarianism/charles-dexter-morris

Dr. Mehmet Nazim (or Nazim Bey) was a physician who became a prominent senior official of the Committee of Union and Progress party which played a central role in the #GreekGenocide. An article by general Chérif Pasha published in #France in 1915 described Dr. Nazim as "a resolute supporter of the extermination of #Christians in general and of #Greeks in particular..."

#perpetrators #youngturks #cup #genocide

More: https://www.greek-genocide.net/index.php/overview/perpetrators/dr-mehmet-nazim

Grace Papageorge (Papageorgiou) was born on the 23rd of November 1912 at Kayaköy (formerly #Levissi, #AsiaMinor) in the south-west coastal region of #Turkey close to #Fethiye (formerly #Macri). She was of #Greek descent, her family having settled in that region many generations prior to her birth. Grace's father was conscipted into the #Ottoman army. He was never seen again.

#greekgenocide #testimony

Read more: https://www.greek-genocide.net/index.php/quotes/testimonies/grace-papageorge

The most comprehensive and authoritative publication documenting the #GreekGenocide.
Aristide Caratzas pub, 2012. 520 pages.
Front cover image too graphic & deliberately blurred.

More: https://www.greek-genocide.net/index.php/bibliography/books/the-genocide-of-the-ottoman-greeks

The #GreekGenocide involved the persecution of native Greeks living in the Ottoman Empire. While deportation to the arid interior of Turkey was the more effective way to liquidate Greek communities en masse, small and large-scale massacres were also committed. We've documented over 160 massacres that occurred uring the Greek Genocide from 1912-1923. View tham on an interractive map at the following link:

https://www.greek-genocide.net/index.php/overview/documentation/list-and-map-of-massacres