The Hellenic Genocide
Quotes from historical documents and related Photos.
The Hellenic Genocide was the systematic torture, massacre and ethnic cleansing of several millions Hellenes (Greeks) perpetrated by the Turks in Asia Minor, Constantinople (called Istanbul by the Turks), Eastern Thrace, Imvros, Tenedos, Macedonia, Cappadocia and Pontos between the beginning of the 1890's and the end of the 1950's.
Millions of children, men and women were tortured and massacred or expelled from their homes only for being Hellenes. In the same places and often at the same time, were also massacred millions of Armenians and Assyrians.
The only "sin" of those millions of persons was to live where their ancestors had lived for thousands of years before the Turkish invasions. The Turkish rulers carried out with unimaginable cruelty their plan to create a "Turkey for the Turks."
Hellenic Heritage
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| Cydonies, Ionia. Partial view of the church of Saint George. |
Related quote:
Handbook of WAR Facts and Peace Problems
CHAPTER III:
"Some evacuated places were prosperous cities like Cydonia (Aivali) with 30,000 inhabitants. Many of the evacuated Christian villages, after being plundered, were destroyed by fire. The people were not allowed to take anything with them, not even warm clothing."
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