By Stratos Moraitis | February 3, 2012 at 12:50 pm | No comments
An interesting and powerful documentary by Maria Iliou on destruction of Smyrna (Izmir) in the eve of the foundation of Turkish Republic. (English with Greek subtitles)
Smyrna: Destruction of a cosmopolitan city
Ταινία που αναφέρετε στην...
Posted in: Armenians, Christians, Featured, Greeks, Smyrna
By Stratos Moraitis | February 2, 2012 at 12:01 am | No comments
Άλλοι θεωρούν πως είναι ένας απλός συνωστισμός σε λιμάνι. Άλλοι πάλι πιστεύουν ότι αυτό το βίντεο αποτελεί ένα χαμένο και εξαιρετικά πολύτιμο ιστορικής...
Posted in: Greece, Greeks, Smyrna
By Stratos Moraitis | April 11, 2011 at 11:09 am | One comment
In 1922 Greeks of Asia Minor had to flee their last refugee, Smyrna. Here's some rare footage from YMCA and YWCA on their relief efforts.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSqsTQJzybA
And some more International footage on Asia Minor...
Posted in: Featured, Greeks, Smyrna
By Stratos Moraitis | September 10, 2010 at 3:43 pm | No comments
when their hands are stitched
stitched forever, for a century to come,
when connected, through their minds,
connected despite the distance.
their minds are one in all, in all the nightmares
of the streets lost, the blood
in their hands, on their feet;
their hands stitched into...
Posted in: Greeks, Smyrna
By Stratos Moraitis | June 5, 2010 at 10:32 pm | No comments
She was sipping her coffee alla Turca. Yes, she was old. But she was solid as a rock. She didn't shake, she didn't tremble. She kept her eyes at the sea. Her ever-seeing eyes were fixed to the crimson clouds at the sunset.
Her gaze followed the passers-by of today and the...
Posted in: Christians, Greeks, Interview, Turkey
By Stratos Moraitis | May 27, 2009 at 1:44 pm | No comments
(While reading this you may want to listen to Smyrna Music List. Here's the link.)
“That we've broken their statues,
that we've driven them out of their temples,
doesn't mean at all that the gods are dead.
O land of Ionia,
they're still in love with you,
their...
Posted in: Greeks, Human Rights, Minorities, Opinion, Smyrna, Turkey