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...

BOOKS ON GENOCIDE AND THE SMYRNA CATASTROPHE by Eleni Sakellis Published in The National Herald - October 5, 2019 ------------------------------ I am excited that  The National Herald  has given Hellenic Genealogy Geek the right to reprint articles that may be of interest to our group.  ------------------------------ During the month of September, events were held commemorating the Smyrna Catastrophe of 1922 and many scholars who gave presentations referred to various sources and books on the topic. For those who missed the presentations but would still like to learn more about the event that so dramatically affected the course of history not only in Greece, but worldwide, the following books are a good place to start.  Professor Ismini Lamb, Director of the Modern Greek Program in the Department of Classics at Georgetown University is currently working on a book about George Horton, the American diplomat best known for writing The B...

PROF. ZE'EVI TALKS TO TNH ABOUT THE 30-YEAR GENOCIDE Literary Review by Eleni Sakellis Published in The National Herald - May 11, 2019 (Note:  HGG has the permission of The National Herald to reprint articles that may be of interest to our group.) FYI - I have included TABLE OF CONTENTS at end of article ----- The Thirty-Year Genocide: Turkey’s Destruction of Its Christian Minorities, 1894-1924 by Benny Morris and Dror Ze’evi is a reappraisal of the giant massacres perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire, and then the Turkish Republic, against their Christian minorities. Previous books have examined the genocides against the Armenians, Assyrians, and Greeks separately or focused only on the period of 1913-1923, but The ThirtyYear Genocide is the first account to show that the three were actually one intentional effort to rid Anatolia of its Christian population. This well researched book by Morris, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Middle Eastern St...

The National Herald publishes the following Literary Review authored by Eleni Sakellis April 15-21, 2017 NEW BOOK RELEASED ON GENOCIDE IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE ----- Book Title: GENOCIDE IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE - Armenians, Assyrians, and Greeks 1913-1923 Edited by George N. Shirinian ----- The Asia Minor and Pontus Hellenic Research Center (AMPHRC), based in Chicago, IL has released the sixth book in a series on the Genocide of the Greeks of Asia Minor, Pontos, and Eastern Thrace and of the Armenians and Assyrians. Genocide in the Ottoman Empire: the Armenians, Assyrians and Greeks, 1913-1923 edited by George N. Shirinian includes the recommendation of the International Conference on the Ottoman Turkish Genocides of Anatolian Christians, which was held at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Educational Center in May, 2013. The conference was the first without the late Dr. Harry J. Psomiades, the visionary, pillar, and benefactor of the Center. S...