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The Greeks are ignoring and covering up one of the biggest genocides in Europe in the past 100 years!!!
The Greeks are ignoring and covering up one of the biggest genocides in Europe in the past 100 years!!!
The chronology begins in 1912 when Greece, for the first time ever, came into possession of Macedonian territory and this by force of arms, almost a decade after the 1903 Ilinden (St. Iliya Day) Uprising lead by the IMRO in a failed effort to free Macedonia from the Ottoman yoke.
The ominous prophecy of Harilaos Trikoupis, Greek Prime Minister from 1882 to 1895, foretold what the neighboring Greek state had in mind for Macedonia and its people:
“When the Great War comes, Macedonia will become Greek or Bulgarian, according to who wins. If it is taken by the Bulgarians, they will make the population Slavs. If we take it, we will make all of them Greeks”.
1912 Balkan Wars
Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria and Montenegro drive a crumbling Ottoman Empire out of the Balkans and pursue territorial expansion into Macedonia. Greek army enters Aegean Macedonia ostensibly to “liberate” Macedonia from the Ottoman.
Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria and Montenegro drive a crumbling Ottoman Empire out of the Balkans and pursue territorial expansion into Macedonia. Greek army enters Aegean Macedonia ostensibly to “liberate” Macedonia from the Ottoman.
1913
The Greek, Serbian, Bulgarian alliance breaks down over competing claims for Macedonia. Bulgaria miscalculates and attacks Serbia and Greek armies. Ottoman forces rejoin the war against Bulgaria. Bulgaria defeated, loses territorial gains in Macedonia.
The Greek, Serbian, Bulgarian alliance breaks down over competing claims for Macedonia. Bulgaria miscalculates and attacks Serbia and Greek armies. Ottoman forces rejoin the war against Bulgaria. Bulgaria defeated, loses territorial gains in Macedonia.
From “liberation to tyranny”, Greek army commences savage and bloody “ethnic cleansing” of the towns of Kukush, Doiran, Demir-Hisar and Serres in the Aegean Macedonia.
160 Macedonian villages burned, and atrocities committed. Mass exodus of refugees.
Treaty of Bucharest (Aug. 10, 1913), ends the War and partitions Macedonia.
Treaty of Bucharest (Aug. 10, 1913), ends the War and partitions Macedonia.
Greece refers to conquered Macedonian lands as the “new territories” under “military administration”. Not yet officially incorporated into the Kingdom of Greece.
Military occupation augmented by influx of administrators, educators; police brought from Greece.
Military occupation augmented by influx of administrators, educators; police brought from Greece.
1917
LAW 1051 Greece inaugurates new administrative jurisdictions for governing newly acquired lands in Aegean Macedonia.
1919 Treaty of Versailles (Paris)
England and France ratify the principles of the Bucharest Treaty and endorse the partition of Macedonia.
LAW 1051 Greece inaugurates new administrative jurisdictions for governing newly acquired lands in Aegean Macedonia.
1919 Treaty of Versailles (Paris)
England and France ratify the principles of the Bucharest Treaty and endorse the partition of Macedonia.
Greece pursues the forced expulsion and denationalization of Macedonians and begins colonization by transfering “Greeks” into Aegean Macedonia.
Article 51 of Treaty of Versailles espouses equality of civil rights, education, language, and religion for all national minorities which Greece violates and ignores.
About 70,000 Macedonians expelled from Aegean Macedonia to Bulgaria and 25,000 Greeks transferred from Bulgaria to Aegean Macedonia.
Greek Commission on Toponyms issues instructions for choosing Hellenized names for Macedonian places in Aegean Macedonia.
Greek Commission on Toponyms issues instructions for choosing Hellenized names for Macedonian places in Aegean Macedonia.
1920
Greek Ministry of Internal Affairs publishes booklet: “Advice on the change of the names of municipalities and villages” in Aegean Macedonia.
1925
76 names of Macedonian villages and towns in Aegean Macedonia Greekized since 1918 by Greek authorities.
Greek Ministry of Internal Affairs publishes booklet: “Advice on the change of the names of municipalities and villages” in Aegean Macedonia.
1925
76 names of Macedonian villages and towns in Aegean Macedonia Greekized since 1918 by Greek authorities.
League of Nations pressures on Greece to extend rights to Macedonian minority.
ABECEDAR Primer printed in Athens for use by Macedonian school children in Aegean Macedonia. Written in Latin alphabet and reflects the Macedonian language spoken in Lerin (Florina) in Aegean Macedonia
ABECEDAR Primer printed in Athens for use by Macedonian school children in Aegean Macedonia. Written in Latin alphabet and reflects the Macedonian language spoken in Lerin (Florina) in Aegean Macedonia
Serbs & Bulgarians protest to League of Nations. Primer undermines their claim that Macedonians are Serbs and Bulgarians respectively. Greece counters with last minute cable to League: “The population knows neither Serbian nor Bulgarian, speaks nothing but Slav-Macedonian idiom.
Greece “retreats” so as to preserve Balkan alliances. Primer is destroyed after League of Nations delegates leave Solun.
Thereafter, Greece denies existence of Macedonians. Refers to Macedonians as “Slavophone Greeks”, “Old Bulgarians”and other appellations but not as Macedonians
Thereafter, Greece denies existence of Macedonians. Refers to Macedonians as “Slavophone Greeks”, “Old Bulgarians”and other appellations but not as Macedonians
1926
Legislative Orders in Government Gazette #331 orders Macedonian names of towns, villages, mountains changed to Greek names.
Legislative Orders in Government Gazette #331 orders Macedonian names of towns, villages, mountains changed to Greek names.
1927
Cyrillic inscriptions (Macedonian alphabet) in churches, tombstones and icons rewritten or destroyed. Church services in the Macedonian language are outlawed.
Macedonians ordered to abandon personal names and under Duress adopt Greek names assigned to them by the Greek state
Cyrillic inscriptions (Macedonian alphabet) in churches, tombstones and icons rewritten or destroyed. Church services in the Macedonian language are outlawed.
Macedonians ordered to abandon personal names and under Duress adopt Greek names assigned to them by the Greek state
1928
1, 497 Macedonian place names in Aegean Macedonia changed to Greek names since 1926.
1, 497 Macedonian place names in Aegean Macedonia changed to Greek names since 1926.
English Journalist V. Hild reveals, “The Greeks do not only persecute living Macedonians., but they even persecute dead ones. They do not leave them in peace even in the graves. They erase the Macedonian inscriptions on the headstones, remove the bones and burn them.”
1929
Greek Government enacts law where any demands for national rights for Macedonians are regarded as high treason.
LAW 4096 directive on renaming Macedonian place names.
Greek Government enacts law where any demands for national rights for Macedonians are regarded as high treason.
LAW 4096 directive on renaming Macedonian place names.
1936
Reign of terror by dictator General Metaxas, (1936-40). Macedonians suffer state terrorism and pogroms.
Thousands of Macedonians jailed, sent to internal exile (EXORIA) on arid, inhospitable Greek islands, where many perish. Their crime? Being ethnic Macedonian by birth.
Reign of terror by dictator General Metaxas, (1936-40). Macedonians suffer state terrorism and pogroms.
Thousands of Macedonians jailed, sent to internal exile (EXORIA) on arid, inhospitable Greek islands, where many perish. Their crime? Being ethnic Macedonian by birth.
LAW 6429 reinforces Law 4096 on Greekization of toponyms (place names).
DECREE 87 accelerates denationalization of Macedonians.
Greek Ministry of Education sends “Specially trained” instructors to accelerate conversion to Greek language.
DECREE 87 accelerates denationalization of Macedonians.
Greek Ministry of Education sends “Specially trained” instructors to accelerate conversion to Greek language.
1938
LAW 23666 bans the use of the Macedonian language and strives to erase every trace of Macedonian identity
Macedonians fined, beaten or jailed for speaking Macedonian. Adults and children further humiliated by being forced to drink castor oil when caught speaking Macedonian
LAW 23666 bans the use of the Macedonian language and strives to erase every trace of Macedonian identity
Macedonians fined, beaten or jailed for speaking Macedonian. Adults and children further humiliated by being forced to drink castor oil when caught speaking Macedonian
1940
39 more place-names Greekized since 1929.
39 more place-names Greekized since 1929.
1947
LAW L-2 citizens suspected of opposing Greek government in Civil War stripped of their citizenship, including relatives, arbitrarily and without due process.
LAW L-2 citizens suspected of opposing Greek government in Civil War stripped of their citizenship, including relatives, arbitrarily and without due process.
1948
LAW M properties confiscated from citizens who fought against government.
28,000 child refugees Macedonians, from areas of heavy fighting evacuated to Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania. Greece denies their right of return to this day.
LAW M properties confiscated from citizens who fought against government.
28,000 child refugees Macedonians, from areas of heavy fighting evacuated to Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania. Greece denies their right of return to this day.
RESOLUTION 193C (III) United Nations Resolution calls for repatriation to Greece of child refugees.
U.N. UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ARTICLE 19: Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive an impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers
DECREE 504 continues property confiscations of exiles and colonization of Aegean Macedonia with people from Turkey, Egypt and other parts of Greece. Parcels of land given to the colonists along with financial incentives.
1959
LAW 3958 allows confiscation of property of those who left Greece and did not return within five years.
Several villages in Aegean Macedonia forced to swear “Language Oaths” to speak only Greek and renounce their mother Macedonian tongue.
LAW 3958 allows confiscation of property of those who left Greece and did not return within five years.
Several villages in Aegean Macedonia forced to swear “Language Oaths” to speak only Greek and renounce their mother Macedonian tongue.
1962
DECREE 4234 reinforces past laws regarding confiscated properties of political exiles and denies them right to return.
1968
EUROPEAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS accuses Greece of human rights abuses.
DECREE 4234 reinforces past laws regarding confiscated properties of political exiles and denies them right to return.
1968
EUROPEAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS accuses Greece of human rights abuses.
1969
Council of Europe declares Greece “undemocratic, illiberal, authoritarian, and oppressive”. Greece forced to resign from Council of Europe under threat of expulsion.
Military Junta continues the policy of colonizing the confiscated lands in Aegean Macedonia.
Council of Europe declares Greece “undemocratic, illiberal, authoritarian, and oppressive”. Greece forced to resign from Council of Europe under threat of expulsion.
Military Junta continues the policy of colonizing the confiscated lands in Aegean Macedonia.
EuropeanConventionForHumanRights signed by Greece:ARTICLE 10(1): Everyone has the right to freedom of expression. This right shall include freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority and regardless of frontiers
1979
135 places renamed in Aegean Macedonia since 1940. The Greek vigil regarding names is an indicator of the Macedonian ethnic identity in Aegean Macedonia.
135 places renamed in Aegean Macedonia since 1940. The Greek vigil regarding names is an indicator of the Macedonian ethnic identity in Aegean Macedonia.
LAW 106841: political exiles who fled during the Civil War and were stripped of their citizenship are allowed to return providing they are “Greek by ethnic origin”. The same rights are denied to Macedonian political exiles born in the Aegean Macedonia.
U.N. UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ARTICLE 17, “No one can be deprived of his own property against his will”.
1985
DECREE 1540, Political exiles who fled during Civil War allowed to reclaim confiscated lands provided they are “Greeks by ethnic origin”. Same rights denied to Macedonian exiles born in Aegean Macedonia.
DECREE 1540, Political exiles who fled during Civil War allowed to reclaim confiscated lands provided they are “Greeks by ethnic origin”. Same rights denied to Macedonian exiles born in Aegean Macedonia.
U.N. UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ARTICLE 13, “Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, as well as to return to his own country”.
1986
International writers’ organization, PEN, condemns Greece’s denial of the existence of Macedonians and their language.
Greece escalates climate of fear in Aegean Macedonia.
International writers’ organization, PEN, condemns Greece’s denial of the existence of Macedonians and their language.
Greece escalates climate of fear in Aegean Macedonia.
1990
GREEK HIGH COURT DECISION 19 refuses registration of “CENTER FOR MACEDONIAN CULTURE” in Lerin (Florina). Appeal is turned down by High Appeals Court in Solun. Further appeal dismissed by Supreme Administrative Council of Greece in Athens.
GREEK HIGH COURT DECISION 19 refuses registration of “CENTER FOR MACEDONIAN CULTURE” in Lerin (Florina). Appeal is turned down by High Appeals Court in Solun. Further appeal dismissed by Supreme Administrative Council of Greece in Athens.
Greece continues repressive and unrelenting policies against Macedonians in Aegean Macedonia despite objections by international human rights organizations.
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