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

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The final phase of the Greek Genocide took place at #Smyrna in Sep 1922 when #Kemalist forces entered the city and took part in an orgy of looting, rape & massacre that targeted the city's #Christian population, primarily Greeks & Armenians. They then burnt the city to the ground. The term #SmyrnaHolocaust refers to the wholesale slaughter of the Smyrna populace, which at the time was majority Christian & also to the fire that completely destroyed the city.

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