Catastrophe
Animals
200 Stranded Whales Die In Australia
On Thursday, wildlife specialists saved 32 of the 230 whales that had been discovered stranded on Tasmania, an island state in Australia, the previous day.
According to the Tasmanian Department of Natural Resources and Environment, it was assumed Wednesday that...
Greece
Brutal Murder of Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Smyrna Still Haunts Greece
On September 10, 1922, a Turkish mob brutally lynched Metropolitan Chrysostomos, the spiritual leader of the Greek Orthodox in Smyrna.
Greece
The Japanese Ship that Saved Greeks During the Smyrna Catastrophe
The story of the Japanese ship that saved Armenians and Greeks from genocide after the Smyrna Catastrophe was the theme of a Tokyo lecture.
Diaspora
Memories of Asia Minor Catastrophe Digitized by University of Florida
The 100 year anniversary of the Asia Minor catastrophe will be marked in a digital series prepared at the University of Florida's Samuel Proctor Oral History Program.
The series titled "Remembering 1922", includes twelve memories of migration from the late...
Greece
The Great Fire of Smyrna: One of the Darkest Moments in Greek History
The Great Fire of Smyrna and the killing of dozens of thousands of Greeks and Armenians by the Turkish Army and renegades several years after the end of WWI still remains one of the darkest moments of Greek history.
Nevertheless,...
Greece
100-Year-Old Melissa Orphanage Searching for Former Residents
The Melissa orphanage in Thessaloniki is trying to find people who once lived there to hear their stories and reconnect with them.