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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 Circassian communities - Kem

79 Greek names listed in book "The Entrepreneurial Spirit of the Greek Immigrant in Chicago, Illinois: 1900-1930" by A. Rassogianis

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  The book “The Entrepreneurial Spirit of the Greek Immigrant in Chicago, Illinois:  1900-1930” by Alexander Rassogianis, published in 2015 by iUniverse.  Mr Rassogianis has included stories and newspaper articles that include 79 Greek immigrant names.  I have transcribed those names for you below. Book description: “Greek immigrants came to Chicago in droves in the early 1900s, and most of them made immediate contributions to the city. Greek men grew up learning that they'd need to own and operate their own businesses to be successful. As a result, most of them were tough, individualistic and hard working. The fact that they were raised in poor and remote mountain villages, where mere survival was considered an accomplishment, contributed to their character, personality, and individualism. When a shop owner was asked why he was successful, he replied, "Just hard work-that's all. Nobody can move you, no matter how strong they are." He was among the Greeks who worked a