Aspects of Ano Poli in 1980
Postwar reconstruction, or at least its initial phase during the…
The shops of Ano Poli
Throughout its history, Ano Poli was mainly a residential area.…
The transformations of Thessaloniki
By 1936, refugee settlement in Thessaloniki had almost been completed.…
The Agia Foteini quarter
The Agia Foteini Quarter was one of the largest refugee…
American organisations in Thessaloniki
The task of providing relief to the refugees of Thessaloniki…
The Acropolis of Thessaloniki
The Acropolis area has remained sparsely populated throughout the history…
Voting in Ano Poli
Since the arrival of the refugees, their vote had become…
The difficult return of the civil war political refugees
One of the consequences of the Greek civil war was…
Refugee associations in Ano Poli
During the first years after their settlement in Greece, refugees…
The first refugee census
In April 1923, the Greek state conducted the first systematic…
From Ano Poli to Germany: the stories of Antonis Sourounis
Antonis Sourounis (1942-2016) was born to refugee parents and grew…
Islahane as a workplace
Throughout the history of Ano Poli, there have only ever…