The catastrophe of Smyrna and the events that led to it, including the annihilation of…
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I read with, great interest and emotion, your extract from the account of the evacuation…
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In a scene that many participants described as the most emotional of their lives, several…
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On This Day September 13, 1922: The Harrowing Account of the American Evacuation in Smyrna
Following is a harrowing account of the American evacuation of Smyrna. The story is actually…
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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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The St. Constantine Greek Orthodox Church in the western Turkish province of İzmir has reopened…
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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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Steve Jobs’ Almost Greek Connection and the Late Apple Founder’s Connection to the Armenian Genocide and the Smyrna Catastrophe
As the government of Turkey continues to deny that its predecessors perpetrated a genocide against…
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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…