Relief Efforts in Response to the Genocide
Featured below is a selection of photographs depicting the relief efforts displayed by various aid organizations, including the Near East Relief, in response to the Ottoman extermination of Greeks. The Relief Committee for Greeks of Asia Minor, the Near East Relief, the American Women's Hospitals, American Friends of Greece, the All-British Appeal (the Imperial War Relief Fund, the Save the Children Fund and the Friends' Relief Committee) and the Red Cross were among the many organizations that provided much-needed humanitarian aid to Greek Genocide survivors and Ottoman Greek refugees.
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12,000 Greek refugees being fed by the Near East Relief in Aleppo, Syria Photograph by the Near East Relief |
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A group of 5,000 Christian children being evacuated from Turkey by the Near East Relief aid organization Photograph by Major Charles D. Morris (1883-1954) of the Near East Relief |
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142 orphans being cared for at Anatolia College in Marsovan (c. 1919-1921) Photograph by Aram and Tsolag Dildilian |
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Orphaned Greek and Armenian children being transported from Turkey to Greece by the Near East Relief Photograph by the Near East Relief |
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Supper for the boys at the Near East Relief orphange in Antilyas, Syria Photograph by the Near East Relief |
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The distribution of food to refugees at a Red Cross feeding station |
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Orphans at the trachoma clinic of the Zappeion Orphanage at the Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens Photograph by the Near East Relief |
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