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68 Greek names listed in book “The Genocide of the Greeks in Turkey – Survivor Testimonies from The Nicomedia (Izmit) Massacres of 1920-1921” by Kostas Faltaits

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  68 Greek names listed in book “The Genocide of the Greeks in Turkey – Survivor Testimonies from The Nicomedia (Izmit) Massacres of 1920-1921” by Kostas Faltaits, published in English by Cosmos Publishing, 2016.   The book shocked Greek readers when it was first published in November of 1921 under the title ‘These are the Turks – Narratives of the massacres in Nicomedia.’  “It was then that Greeks read with quite some detail the manner in which the Christian population of Asia Minor was annihilated.  Greek public opinion was of the view that this chronicle was a document of national importance which had to be distributed to the entire population.” Book description: In March of 1921, journalist Kostas Faltaits arrived in Asia Minor (today’s Turkey) sent by newspaper Embros to cover Greece’s movements in the Greco-Turkish War. By the time he arrived in the region of Nicomedia (today’s Izmit) - a region inhabited by a large number of Greek, Armenian and Circassia...

Book - Ulysses in the Raj (Greeks in India 1700s-1800s) - 620 Names Listed

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BOOK - Ulysses in the Raj By Paul Byron Norris Published in 1992 by the British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia Thank you to Liz Chater who originally brought this book to our attention in the Hellenic Genealogy Geek Facebook group I was able to borrow this book through my local public library's inter-library loan program. Below you will see the Contents of this book along with the 621 names mentioned. CONTENTS Illustrations & Maps Foreword Introduction & Acknowledgements Dedication Chapter 1 – The Source:   Greek Traders in the Ottoman Empire Chapter 2 – The Goal:   India Chapter 3 – Panaghiotis Alexios Argyree Chapter 4 – Alexander Panioty Chapter 5 – The Greek Orthodox Church in Bengal Chapter 6 – The Mavericks:                 Part A – The Athenian Brahmin (Galanos)            ...