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Το βιβλίο – λεύκωμα παρουσιάστηκε σε μια ειδική εκδήλωση στο χώρο της «Hermoupolis Heritage» (πρώην εργοστάσιο Ζησιμάτου) παρουσία εκπροσώπων του Near East Relief Foundation από τις ΗΠΑ, όπως ο John Ashby (Headquarters Staff) και ο Shant Mardirossian (παραγωγός του ντοκιμαντέρ «They Shall Not Perish: The Story of Near East Relief»). Στην εκδήλωση παρευρέθηκαν μεταξύ άλλων ο πρόεδρος Χαρουτιούν Σπαρταλιάν και μέλη της Αρμενικής Εθνικής Επιτροπής Ελλάδος καθώς και ο κ. Χατσίκ Χατσαντουριάν (Khachik Khatchadourian), γνωστός στο νησί μας, από τη φιλοξενία των παιδιών από το Ναγκόρνο Καραμπάχ στην Σύρο, εκπρόσωπος των ΓΑΚ Αρχείων Ν. Κυκλάδων και του Συλλόγου Μικρασιατών Ερμούπολης.
Παρουσίαση:
THE NEAR EAST RELIEF ORPHANAGE OF SYROS
The Near East Relief Orphanage of Syros was one of the most important institutions created in Greece. It was built in Hermoupolis, Syros to accommodate the large number of orphaned refugees that Near East Relief had gathered in Greece after the Asia Minor Catastrophe, in response to the problem of housing and the lack of infrastructure of charitable institutions. The difficulties of dealing with the need for housing are described by the director of the orphanage in Syros, George White, in a relevant report
(Note from the Director G. White, in O’Connor’s “ISLES OF THE AEGEAN”):
“The question of housing was difficult, for every corner of Greece was filled with the hundreds of thousands of refugees: who had poured in from every port of Turkey… The Greek Government was doing its best to meet the situation, and everything possible was done to help the Near East Relief. It was arranged that the children should be housed in summer resort hotels during the winter… Empty buildings were hard to find as every nook and cranny had been pre-empted by the refugees… It was finally decided that the only course was to build; and the island of Syra where we are now located, was selected as being the most suitable”.
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Table of Contents / Περιεχόμενα
Introducing the NER Orphanage
Lefteris Zorzos | page 4
Nikolaos Emm. Lelvadaras | page 8
Aliki Leontariti | pago 10
Georgios Bouras I page 11
Sona Viola | page 12
Eirini Hardali | page 14
Hripsime Haroutunian | page 15
Khachik Khatchadourian | page 16
Near East Relief: A Humanitarian Enterprise (1915-1930)
Jennifer Abdella, Molly Sullivan | page 19
“This problem is too big for Greece”
Dimitris Kamouzis | page 27
Refugeehood in Hermoupolls
Taina Chietala | page 32
Why the island of Syros?
Christos Loukos | page 48
The Syros Near East Relief Orphanage:
History – Construction – Operation – Architecture – Enhancement
Nina Georgiadou, Lefteris Zorzos | page 50
The Discovery
Lefteris Zorzos | page 114
Conservation of paper material from the Orphanage of Near East Relief at Syros
Euthalia (Thaìeia) Ntaluka | page 116
General State Archives (GSA)
Lefteris Zorzos | page 118
“Armeniernot und Christenhilfe”
Lefteris Zorzos | page 121
Frederick & Carrie Midgley
Lefteris Zorzos | page 123
The Ruth Mellis Papers and interview
Biographical Information | page 128
Alice G. Carr and Dorothy H. Sutton:
Providing humanitarian service in Greece under the Near East Relief
Eleftheria Daleziou | page 132
The Orphanage Personnel
Lefteris Zorzos | page 136
Note From the Director
+George D. White | page 145
The Vocational School of the NER Orphanage of Syros
Lefteris Zorzos | page 146
The oral testimonies of Asia Minor refugees in Greece
Eleni Loukoul | page 152
What Chance has an Orphan?
Dimitris G. Georgiadis | page 156
Diaspora
Lefteris Zorzos | page 164
They Shall Not Perish
Lefteris Zorzos | page 168
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