Documents
This section features sample documents relating to the Greek Genocide from British, United States and Austrian Archives. These are but a few of the enormous collection of archival material documenting the Greek Genocide.
British Archives |
Condition of Greeks of Pontos (FO 286/833) Content: A report on the condition of the Greeks in Pontus. The details were obtained for the most part from eye-witnesses. This document was originally forwarded by the Vice Admiral, Head of British Naval Mission of Athens, to the British Foreign Office. Language: English View |
| Memorandum by Mr. Rendel on Turkish Massacres and Persecutions of Minorities since the Armistice (FO 371/7876) Content: A memorandum of massacres and persecutions against Turkey's Greek and Armenian minorities since the Armistice of 1918 as detailed by G.W.Rendel of the British Foreign Office. Language: English View |
United States Archives |
Story from Lieut. Murray aboard USS Overton Content: Eye-witness account detailing the Kavak Massacre of June 1921 and the Samsun death marches. Dated August 1921. Language: English View |
| Report on Conditions in the Interior of Anatolia under the Turkish Nationalist Government Content: Stanley Hopkins, an employee of the American Near East Relief organization, provides his own eye-witness account of the atrocities the Turkish Government is perpetrating against the Greek population in the Interior. Dated November 1921. Language: English View |
| Treatment of Christians by Turks Content: A joint letter from Dr. Mark H. Ward and Major. Forrest D. Yowell describing the Turkish treatment of Greeks, a list of Near East Relief buildings seized by the Turkish government and series of telegrams related to the arrest and expulsion of NER workers. Dated April 1922 Language: English View |
Austrian Archives |
Persecution of the Greeks in Bafra - Griechen Verfolgung in Baffra Content: A letter, dated November 12th 1917, from Herr Kwiatkowski, Austro-Hungarian consul of Sampsounta (Samsun) on the Persecutions of Greeks in Bafra. Language: German (English translation provided by Larissa Cholidou) View |