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A Tribute to The Late Dr. H. J. Psomiades |
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Fridtjof Nansen and the Greek Refugee Crisis 1922-1924 by Harry Psomiades
Dr. A. Kitroeff's book presentation at the Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral in NY, on Friday, September 16, 2011. The event was sponsored by the Pan-Pontian Federation of USA and Canada, the Federation of Hellenic Societies of Greater New York, and the Asia Minor and Pontos Hellenic Research Center of Chicago.
Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen,
I thank the Pan-Pontian Federation for the honor of inviting me this evening to present the latest and unfortunately the last book by Professor Harry Psomiades that examines the contribution of the Norwegian humanist Fritjof Nansen, who, as the League of Nations’ first High Commissioner for Refugees and in collaboration with Eleftherios Venizelos contributed to saving thousands of Greek lives with the Greco-Turkish Exchange of Populations of 1923 and the first steps in the reliefof the 1,5 million refugees. This is a remarkable study that completes a set of works by Harry Psomiades that shed light on several aspects of the Asia Minor Disaster. My role here this evening is to help honor the author’s memory by familiarizing you with this study on which he worked on until a little before his death, a book that will become indispensible in our understanding of the immediate consequences of the Disaster of 1922.
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PRESS RELEASE
This is an impeccably written and carefully researched study on a most critical period that has left a permanent mark on the fortunes of 20th century Greece and Turkey. Two powerful personalities dominate the narrative: Eleftherios Venizelos and Fridtjof Nansen. The former was a prominent Greek statesman who modernized his country and managed through carefully crafted regional alliances and insightful decisions to double Greece’s territory during the Balkan Wars and World War I. The latter was a dashing Norwegian adventurer and explorer and Nobel Prize winner, who was a central figure in international humanitarian work through his associations with the League of Nations and the International Red Cross.
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"This is an impeccably written and carefully researched study by a prominent political scientist. Harry Psomiades focuses on a most critical period (1921-23) that has left a permanent mark on the fortunes of 20th century Greece and Turkey. Two powerful personalities dominate the narratice: Eleftherios Venizelos and Fridtjof Nansen."
- Click here for the complete introduction written by Theodore Couloumbis.
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The Pontian Greek Genocide Teaching Unit (Free Download) |
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Click here for English version
Click here for Greek version
Created by The Pontian Greek Society of Chicago with the help of Ron Levitsky, a teacher at Sunset Ridge School in Northfield, Illinois, The Pontian Greek Genocide Teaching Unit introduces middle schooland high school students to the tragedy of the Pontian Greeks who were subjected to the first genocide of the 20th Century. Available to download in English and in Greek.
From 1914 to 1923, Christian minorities were forcibly expelled from their homes to comply with Turkish nationalist visions of an ethnically pure homeland inhabited only by Turks. Villages, cities, and farmlands across Pontus were emptied and the inhabitants subjected to atrocities under carefullyconcealed orders by government and party officials until the population exchange of 1923.
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