The killings of millions of Greeks, Armenians and other Christians by the Ottoman Turks between…
Asia Minor Greek Genocide
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The Word “Genocide” First Coined by a Jewish Scholar to Describe What Transpired in Turkey; Ten Questions with Author Lou Ureneck
Journalist and Boston University professor Lou Ureneck has written ‘The Great Fire: One American’s Mission…
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New Book Released by Harper Collins About An American Minister Who Saved 250,000 Greeks from Smyrna Fire in 1922
HarperCollins has released a major new book today on the burning of Smyrna in 1922…
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Genocide Remembrance: Preserving the Human Stories of Death and Survival of the Annihilation of the Greek Presence in Asia Minor 1914-1922
As the 93th anniversary of the burning of Smyrna approach— the final chapter in the…
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The Great Fire: The Untold Story of Smyrna Coming to Light in New HarperCollins Book by Boston Univ. Professor and Author Lou Ureneck
The full and true story of the destruction of Smyrna and expulsion of the Greeks…
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Remembering Constance Sheltman: A Kentucky Woman Who Left Her Job as a Bookkeeper to Assist Greek Refugee Women Rebuild Their Lives
Kentucky native Constance Sheltman left her job as a school bookkeeper in 1920 to become…
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Remembering Christopher Thurber: Saved 7,000 Greek Children from Smyrna Catastrophe; Flogged by Turks for Saving Greek Woman
Many personal stories of service and sacrifice have shaped the history of the US involvement…
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One of the world’s spookiest “ghost towns”— abandoned almost a century ago by thousands of…
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Not Even My Name is the unforgettable story of Sano Halo’s survival of the death…
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The Church of Agios Voukolos (Aya Vukla in Turkish), to me, is beyond words when…