Children of the Greek Civil War
Subtitle: refugees and the politics of memory
By: Loring M. Danforth and Riki van Boeschoten
Contributors: Boeschoten, Riki van
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 329
ISBN-13: 9780226135984; 9780226135991
Subjects: Evacuation of civilians; Refugee children; Personal narratives; Kommounistikon Komma tēs Hellados; Refugees; Children; History
Description: At the height of the Greek Civil War in 1948, 38,000 children were evacuated from their homes in the mountains of northern Greece and relocated to orphanages and children's homes. This book analyses the evacuation, which remains a controversial issue within Greek society.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: part 1. Histories. Framing the subject ; The evacuation of children to Eastern Europe ; The paidopoleis of Queen Frederica; title: part 2. Stories. Refugee children in Eastern Europe ; Kostas Tsimoudis ; Evropi Marinova ; Stefanos Gikas ; Maria Bundovska Rosova ; Children of the paidopoleis ; Efterpi Tsiou ; Traian Dimitriou ; Kostas Dimou; title: part 3. Ethnographies. Refugees, displacement, and the impossible return ; Communities of memory, narratives of experience ; The politics of memory: creating a meaningful past.