Grandma’s sewing machine from Asia Minor
Sofia was the granddaughter of refugees from Asia Minor. When…
Third-party manufacturing in Thessaloniki: working on your balcony
Working from a closed balcony or a home workshop (cottage…
A workshop that manufactures and repairs clothes in the historic centre of Thessaloniki
The photographs depict part of Mrs. Aliki’s workshop. Visible in…
A manufacturing business on Ptolemaion Street
Mrs. Gianna is now about seventy years old. She was…
Border crossings: memories of the Ottoman Empire
Marios has been living in Thessaloniki for the past twenty-five…
‘People here don’t know what crisis means’
This interview with A. was conducted in 2010 as part…
Coming to Greece
The death of Enver Hoxha in 1985 ushered in a…
In crisis: between Greece and Albania
Mirieta was interviewed as part of an ethnographic study for…
At the city walls: the narrative of Odysseas Papaioannou
Odysseas Papaioannou’s family arrived in Greece during the population exchange…
Two songs by Salonican Jews
These are two songs by Salonican Jews from the musical…
Two refugees in the communist movement: their migrations through their own narratives
The development of oral history in Greece over the past…
From refugees in Greece to migrants in Germany (a common family history of 20th century Greece)
First, refugees in Greece. Then, migrants in Germany. Later, repatriated…