September 1922: state aid and private support
In the first days after the refugees’ arrival, the Queen…
‘On the forced expropriation of properties to be used towards refugee settlement’
On September 15, 1922, the Revolutionary Committee announced its decision…
Η Επιτροπή Αποκατάστασης Προσφύγων
Τον Φεβρουάριο του 1923 η Ελληνική Κυβέρνηση απευθύνθηκε στην Κοινωνία…
International aid and charity
The refugee populations which arrived at the port of Piraeus…
Unemployment, underemployment and living conditions in the refugee settlements of Volos during the 1950s
In the 1950s, the labour market in Greece was characterised…
The port of Volos and its refugee workers
At the end of the 1930s, Volos became the country’s…
How the Volos Refugees’ Sports Club became Niki Volou FC
The arrival of the refugees and the establishment of refugee…
Efstathios Chindimpatoglou: a mattress repairer
Athanasios Chindimpatoglou from Kastamoni (Kastamonu) in Asia Minor married Vithleem…
Travelling vendors
Peddling was a common occupation among the refugees who lived…
The Daniilidis corner shop
Theodoros Daniilidis, born in 1914 in Sarayköy, Smyrna, and his…
Damianos Pavlioglou’s cobbler shop
Damianos Pavlioglou was born in Volos in 1931. His parents,…
The neighbourhood as a social space for women and children in postwar Nea Ionia
The refugee settlements established in Volos during the interwar period,…