Thessaloniki Association publication 2016

Thessaloniki

Association

The White Tower

Melbourne Thessaloniki Sister Cities Μελβούρνη Θεσσαλονίκη Αδελφοποιημένες Πόλεις

MELBOURNE Thessaloniki

32 Years Sister Cities

Sunday, 27 November 2016 - Federation Square

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MELBOURNE - THESSALONIKI Sister Cities 32nd Anniversary Celebrations 1984 - 2016

CONTENTS

Introduction 4 Thessaloniki Association President - Mr. Paul Mavroudis 5 The Ambassador of Greece to Australia - Ms. Ekaterini Xagorari 6 Consul General of Greece in Melbourne - Ms. Christina Simantiraki 7 City of Melbourne 8 Mayor of Thessaloniki - Mr. Yiannis Boutaris 9 The Premier - The Hon Daniel Andrews 10 Hon Robin Scott MP 11 Hon Jenny Mikakos 12 Hon Fiona Richardson MP 13 Leader of the Opposition - Hon Mathew Guy 14 Inga Peulich MLC 15 Maria Vamvakinou MP 16 VMC Chairperson - Ms. Helen Kapalos 17 G.O.C.M.V. President - Mr. Bill Papastergiadis 18 Battle of Crete & the Greek Campaign - Mr Tony Tsourdalakis 19 The White Tower Project 20 The White Tower - The Australian Connection 23 To Hell and Back - Prisoners, escapers & their helpers in Thessaloniki’s WW2 POW Camp 27 Macedonia means Greece 41 A Ride to Raise Money for Dementia 48

Publication Design & Layout by John Lioupas Front page painting by John Papageorgiou - Depicting the 1917 fires that destroyed Thessaloniki

The Thessaloniki Association “The White Tower” Celebrates 32nd Anniversary of the Twinning of Melbourne and Thessaloniki 6 November – 27 November 2016 The Thessaloniki Association “The White Tower” (Association) was established in 1961 by a handful of migrants. It has undergone a number of transformations during this time and has a long list of achievements. The most significant of these being the catalyst in bringing the City of Thessaloniki and the City of Melbourne together to form a twinning of the cities on 19 March 1984.

Hosting the largest Greek speaking population outside of Europe, it was appropriate that Melbourne should have a strong and vibrant sister city relationship with a suitable Greek partner.

Thessaloniki has become the first European sister city to Melbourne after which Milan and St. Petersburg followed. The Association has been the link between these two great cities.

Over the years this relationship has strengthened the very close bonds which already existed between Australia and Greece and has created an ideal cultural bridge between our two magnificent cities.

The two cities share a lot in common, being home to vibrant Greek communities and both having a reputation for their love of the arts and culture. Our bonds were forged on the battlefields of the Second World War where Greek and Australian soldiers fought alongside each other.

Today, the relationship continues to flourish and the Association has played a key role in that.

The Association invites you to attend and participate in the many activities which it has organised during this year’s celebrations. Enjoy!

Thessaloniki Association “The White Tower” 439 High Street Northcote Victoria 3070 www.thessaloniki.org.au https://www.facebook.com/thessalonikithewhitetower/ 4 - Sister Cities Melbourne-Thessaloniki - 32nd Anniversary

ΕΝΩΣΗ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ “Ο ΛΕΥΚΟΣ ΠΥΡΓΟΣ”

THESSALONIKI ASSOCIATION “THE WHITE TOWER”

439 High Street, Northcote, Vic 3070 ABN 561 7701 3691

Web: http://thessaloniki.org.au, Email: events@thessaloniki.org.au

This year the Thessaloniki Association “White Tower” celebrates 32 years since the inception of the sisterhood between the cities of Melbourne and the Capital city of Macedonia in Northern Greece, Thessaloniki.

This annual celebration has become a significant part of Melbourne’s culture and gives us all the opportunity to participate and celebrate this occasion with the welcoming Greek traditions of good food, music and dancing.

The association has put together a variety of events including an Art Exhibition, a Tribute to the ANZAC’s, the very successful annual Dinner Dance and of course the much anticipated and very popular Cultural Festival at Federation Square.

I thank all those who participated in this year’s festivities and wish you all a wonderful time!

Paul Mavroudis OAM President

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Η ΠΡΕΣΒΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΥΣΤΡΑΛΙΑ

Καμπέρρα, 29 Αυγούστου 2016

Μήνυμα της Πρέσβεως της Ελλάδας κας Αικατερίνης Ξαγοράρη προς την Ένωση Θεσσαλονικέων “Ο Λευκός Πύργος” για την 32η επέτειο αδελφοποίησης της Μελβούρνης με τη Θεσσαλονίκη Με ιδιαίτερη χαρά χαιρετίζω τον εορτασμό της 32ης επετείου της αδελφοποίησης Θεσσαλονίκης-Μελβούρνης. Οι δύο αδελφές πόλεις έχουν με το πέρασμα του χρόνου αναπτύξει μια ιδιαίτερη σχέση, που βασίζεται πάνω στις αξίες του αλληλοσεβασμού, της εμπιστοσύνης και της φιλίας αλλά και στην ισχυρή βούληση της δυναμικής μας ομογένειας να αναδείξει τον ιστορικό και πολιτιστικό πλούτο του τόπου καταγωγής της. Το γεγονός αυτό μας δίνει σήμερα την πολύτιμη ευκαιρία να εργαστούμε από κοινού για να εμβαθύνουμε περαιτέρω τους στενούς δεσμούς φιλίας που μας ενώνουν αλλά και να δημιουργήσουμε νέες συνεργασίες με όραμα και ελπίδα για το μέλλον. Τα συγχαρητήρια μου στη Ένωση Θεσσαλονικέων “Ο Λευκός Πύργος” για τη διοργάνωση ενός ακόμη πλούσιου επετειακού προγράμματος και τις ολόψυχές ευχές μου για καλή επιτυχία στις εφετινές εορταστικές εκδηλώσεις

Αικατερίνη Ξαγοράρη Πρέσβης της Ελλάδος

9 Turrana Street, Yarralamla, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600 Phone: (02) 6271 0101 Email: ambasoff.can@mfa.gr

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Η ΓΕΝΙΚΗ ΠΡΟΞΕΝΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ ΣΤΗ ΜΕΛΒΟΥΡΝΗ

Μήνυμα για την 32η επέτειο αδελφοποίησης της Θεσσαλονίκης με τη Μελβούρνη Η αδελφοποίηση της Θεσσαλονίκης με τη Μελβούρνη αποτελεί αναμφισβήτητα έναν ισχυρό θεσμό ο οποίος στάθηκε αφορμή για την ανάπτυξη στενών σχέσεων και τη δημιουργία ισχυρών δεσμών φιλίας ανάμεσα στις δύο πόλεις την τελευταία τριακονταετία. Ως εκ τούτου, ο εορτασμός της 32ης επετείου των δύο αδελφών πόλεων δεν μπορεί παρά να προκαλεί αισθήματα συγκίνησης και υπερηφάνειας καθώς συμβάλλει στην προαγωγή των κοινών ιστορικών και πολιτιστικών δεσμών και εμπλουτίζει παράλληλα τον πολυπολιτισμικό χαρακτήρα της Μελβούρνης. Δεχθείτε τα συγχαρητήρια μου για τη διοργάνωση των εφετινών εκδηλώσεων και τις καλύτερες ευχές μου για επιτυχία στο έργο σας.

Χριστίνα Σημαντηράκη Γενική Πρόξενος

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A message from the City Of Melbourne Our close friendship with Thessaloniki began 32 years ago. We share a wide range of cultural, economic and social benefits that enriches our relationship as sister-cities.

Our city is home to the largest Greek-speaking population outside of Greece and we warmly embrace the community and its traditions.

The Thessaloniki Festival 2016 with its food stalls, exhibitions, craft stalls, music and dance is another celebration of our friendship and empathy with Greek culture.

Both our cities have a love for the arts and this year a magnificent replica of the famous White Tower in Thessaloniki, covered with individually made laurel flowers, an emblem of prosperity, will be built in recognition of the bond we share.

We wish everyone a wonderful time immersed in the traditions of our sister-city.

City of Melbourne

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Χαιρετισμός Δημάρχου «Θεσσαλονίκη-Μελβούρνη Αδελφοποιημένες Πόλεις 2016» Με ιδιαίτερη χαρά χαιρετίζω τις φετινές εορταστικές εκδηλώσεις αδελφοποίησης της Μελβούρνης με τη Θεσσαλονίκη. Η αδελφοποίηση πόλεων συνιστά το πλέον σημαντικό και απαραίτητο εργαλείο αμοιβαίας κατανόησης μεταξύ των πολιτών. Προσφέρει τις ιδανικές συνθήκες υλοποίησης της αλληλεγγύης μεταξύ των λαών κι ένα ουσιαστικό πλαίσιο συνεργασίας, αμοιβαίας βοήθειας και ανάπτυξης μέσω στοιχειοθετημένης και απρόσκοπτης ανταλλαγής βέλτιστων πρακτικών για την ανάδειξη μιας κοινής πορείας, η οποία σέβεται και αφομοιώνει δημιουργικά τα ιδιαίτερα χαρακτηριστικά της φυσιογνωμίας των λαών. Η Θεσσαλονίκη τιμά και στηρίζει τις προσπάθειες και δράσεις της Μελβούρνης να διατηρήσει ζωντανό το κύτταρο της αμοιβαίας φιλίας, των δεσμών, των ιστορικών συγγενειών και των κοινών χαρακτηριστικών, που γεφυρώνουν αποστάσεις και διαφορετικότητα και εμπνέουν για ένα καλύτερο μέλλον. Εύχομαι να παραμείνετε πιστοί και αφοσιωμένοι με την ίδια θέρμη στο θεσμό της διαχρονικής αξίας της αδελφοποίησης και να συνεχίσουμε την αγαστή συνεργασία για την ενίσχυση της εξωστρέφειας και του κοινού αναπτυξιακού προσανατολισμού των δύο πόλεων. Σας συγχαίρω για το φετινό πρόγραμμα των εορταστικών εκδηλώσεων και σας εύχομαι, τόσο εγώ όσο και οι συμπολίτες μου, καλή επιτυχία.

Γιάννης Μπουτάρης Δήμαρχος Θεσσαλονίκης

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The Hon Daniel Andrews MP Premier of Victoria

1 Treasury Place Melbourne, Victoria 3002 Australia Telephone: +613 9651 5000

MESSAGE FROM THE PREMIER On behalf of the Victorian Government I congratulate the Thessaloniki Association “The White Tower” and the Greek community on the 32nd anniversary of the sister city relationship between Melbourne and Thessaloniki.

Our link with Thessaloniki is one of our oldest partnerships with any European city, and is also one of the strongest.

Sister city relationships enable communities to exchange ideas, gain an international perspective and increase their understanding of global issues. Since 1984, the connection between our two cities has generated many new cultural, trade, tourism and business opportunities.

The Association works passionately to ensure Melbourne’s bond with Thessaloniki, and our friendship with Greece, continues to grow.

I commend the Thessaloniki Association for nurturing the affiliation between Melbourne and Thessaloniki, and for continuing to share the culture, traditions and heritage of the Greek community.

The Hon Daniel Andrews MP Premier

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Robin Scott MP Minister for Finance Minister for Multicultural Affairs

Level 5, 1 Macarthur Street Melbourne, Victoria 3002 Australia Telephone: +613 9651 1044 DX 210759

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MESSAGE FROM THE MINISTER On behalf of the Victorian Government I send my best wishes to the Thessaloniki Association ‘The White Tower’ and the Greek community for the 32nd anniversary of the Sister City relationship between Melbourne and Thessaloniki.

Thessaloniki was Melbourne’s first Sister City, and the Thessaloniki Association has worked tirelessly to ensure this connection continues to grow, through encouraging the development of shared cultural understanding between Victoria and Greece.

Sister City relationships allow communities· to exchange ideas, gain an international perspective and increase their understanding of global issues. In addition to encouraging international peace and goodwill, many Sister City relationships go much further, leading to economic growth, increased tourism and valuable business contacts.

I commend the Association for nurturing the bond between Melbourne and Thessaloniki, and for continuing to introduce Victorians to the culture, traditions and heritage of the Greek community.

Robin Scott MP Minister for Multicultural Affairs

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Jenny Mikakos MP STATE MEMBER FOR NORTHERN METROPOLITAN REGION

Minister for Families & Children

Minister for Youth Affairs

MESSAGE FROM JENNY MIKAKOS MP I am delighted to send my best wishes to everyone participating in the 32nd Anniversary of the Melbourne and Thessaloniki sister city relationship.

Recognised as one of the highlights of Victoria’s multicultural calendar, this celebration is a wonderful way to bring Melbourne’s vibrant Greek community together for a cultural celebration that allows Hellenic traditions and culture to be shared with the wider Australian community.

Thessaloniki’s cultural and historical significance for Hellenism is well-established and with Melbourne being home to the largest Greek-speaking population outside of Greece, the sister-city relationship is integral to ensuring the continuation of Hellenic culture in Australia.

The enduring relationship between our two cities is a testament to the strength of the bonds that were forged on the battle fields of the Second World War. What began as Greek and Australian soldiers fighting side by side, has flourished into a lasting friendship between Greek and Australian people. I commend the Thessaloniki Association’s key role in fostering the sister-city relationship and contributing to the culturally rich character of Australia.

I congratulate the Thessaloniki Association “The White Tower”, its president, Mr Paul Mavroudis, its members, volunteers and supporters and send my best wishes for an enjoyable and successful event.

JENNY MIKAKOS MP

319 Spring Street, Reservoir VIC 3073 p: (03) 9462 3966 e: jenny.mikakos@parliament.vic.gov.au www.jennymikakos.com.au @JennyMikakos 12 - Sister Cities Melbourne-Thessaloniki - 32nd Anniversary

Fiona Richardson

LABOR MEMBER FOR NORTHCOTE Message from Fiona Richardson MP

It is with great pleasure that I extend my sincere congratulations to the Thessaloniki Association “The White Towerâ€? for their¡32nd anniversary celebrations of the union between sister cities, Melbourne and Thessaloniki.

Being the Labor Member for Northcote has allowed me to represent an extremely diverse community with a rich cultural history, a large part of which is the Hellenic culture. The Thessaloniki Association anniversary is another opportunity to reflect on and celebrate the enormous contributions made by our Greek community here in Northcote. The strong culture and sense of identity that belong to this community are a lesson for us all.

Once again, I am proud to be able to congratulate the Thessaloniki Association, its president Christina Despoteris and all of its supporters for their assiduous efforts in maintaining and celebrating the connection between Thessaloniki and Melbourne.

All the best Fiona Richardson, MP Labor Member for Northcote

404 High Street, Northcote VIC 3070 P (03) 9481 5777 F (03) 9481 5777 E fiona.richardson@parliament.vic.gov.au www.fionarichardson.com.au

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INGA PEULICH MLC

Member for South Eastern Metropolitan Region Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs Shadow Minister for Scrutiny of Government Electorate Office: 376 Nepean Highway, Chelsea 3196 Tel: (03) 9772 1366; Fax: (03) 9772 4648 Email: inga.peulich@parliament.vic.gov.au

Thessaloniki – Melbourne Sister City Relationship I would like to take this opportunity to recognise the 32nd anniversary of the Sister City relationship between Thessaloniki and Melbourne.

Congratulations to all those that have kept the relationship alive.

Thessaloniki is the second largest city in Greece. It is a port city on the Aegean Sea with a fascinating history influenced by the Romans, Byzantines and Ottomans.

In Melbourne we have the largest population of Greeks outside Greece - in fact, Melbourne is home to more Greeks than most cities in Greece.

The Greek community has made a very significant contribution to Victoria. The 1960s saw quite an influx of people arriving from Greece, and they completely embraced Victoria.

The Greek community is one of the greatest examples of the success of multiculturalism. Whilst bringing its vibrant culture, traditions and history to Victoria, the Greek community have also embraced the Australian way of life. This involvement with the broad Australian community has broken down barriers and made Victoria a better place.

It has provided us with strong links and friendship with Greece, and Melbourne’s Sister City relationship with Thessaloniki is part of that.

The Sister Cities program was created in 1956, largely to encourage friendships between cities and people in the wake of World War II. The idea was that if people in one part of the world established friendships with people in other parts of the world, there would be greater understanding and opportunities would emerge.

Today that has led to trade partnerships, student exchanges, pen-pal programs, humanitarian support and much more.

Thessaloniki and Melbourne have a strong bond that is worth celebrating. Again I congratulate those that have continued the bond for 32 years, and may it continue for many years to come.

Yours sincerely,

Inga Peulich MLC Member for South Eastern Metropolitan Region Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs Shadow Minister for Scrutiny of Government

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Thessaloniki Association “The White Tower” 32nd Anniversary of the Sister City relationship between Melbourne and Thessaloniki It is with great pleasure that I write to congratulate the Thessaloniki Association “The White Tower” on the occasion of the 32nd Anniversary of the Sister City relationship between Melbourne and Thessaloniki.

Established in 1961, the Association began as a small group of migrants from Thessaloniki forming to maintain a connection to each other and their birthplace. The Sister City relationship between Melbourne and Thessaloniki is the Association’s greatest and proudest achievement to date. The relationship was formally established in 1984 and was the first European Sister City of Melbourne.

The relationship is now celebrating its 32nd year and continues to be a way for Melbournians and Thessalonikians to share and learn more about the people, cultures and experiences of the two cities. Importantly, it is a source of connection for migrants to their homeland. As a strong believer in maintaining the culture of one’s homeland, I am pleased that the Sister City relationship provides migrants with links to Thessaloniki and encourages the celebration of Thessaloniki customs and traditions.

Greek migration has played an integral part in creating Australia’s multicultural identity and the Thessaloniki Association is a testament to the work of migrants to keep their traditions and culture alive in their new home. These celebrations are what make Australian multiculturalism a success.

Thank you to all the members, past and present, of the Thessaloniki Association for creating and maintaining the sister city relationship. I congratulate you all on the 32nd Anniversary of the Sister City relationship and I look forward to taking part in the celebrations.

Yours Sincerely, Maria Vamvakinou MP Federal Member for Calwell

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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRPERSON It is with great pleasure that I extend my best wishes and warm regards to the Thessaloniki Association ‘The White Tower’ and the Greek community of Victoria, as we celebrate the 32 years of our strong sister city relationship.

The Thessaloniki Association ‘The White Tower’ has a long and distinguished history of fostering the relationship between Melbourne and Thessaloniki. Over the years our sister-city relationship with this great, European city has flourished and the warm ties of friendship between Thessaloniki and Melbourne have continued to grow, something the Thessaloniki Association should be commended for.

I commend the Association’s dedication, and thank all involved for organising the array of events to be held across Melbourne in celebration of Thessaloniki, our shared Greek heritage and culture.

The Greek community has made – and continues to make – an enormous contribution to Victoria.

In this way, the rich traditions and great dynamism of Greek culture have become an inextricable part of the larger fabric of Victoria’s vibrant society.

As a Greek-Australian myself, I am extremely proud to be a part of one of the most established communities in our state. I particularly relish the way we share traditions with our fellow Victorians, making us a wonderful example of how cultural diversity can be embraced.

The Victorian Multicultural Commission acknowledges the enormous contribution of organisations such as the Thessaloniki Association ‘The White Tower’ and we commend your leadership, passion and achievements.

I look forward to working closely with Victoria’s Greek community in celebrating our diversity and promoting social harmony long into the future.

Helen Kapalos Chairperson Victorian Multicultural Commission

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Αγαπητοί Φίλοι, Εκ μέρους του Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου της Ελληνικής Κοινότητας Μελβούρνης και ως μακεδονικής καταγωγής κάτοικος της Μελβούρνης επιθυμώ να συγχαρώ την Ένωση Θεσσαλονικέων «Λευκός Πύργος», με την ευκαιρία της 32ης επετείου Αδελφοποίησης της Μελβούρνης με τη Θεσσαλονίκη. Η αδελφοποίηση των δύο πόλεων αναγνωρίζει τη μεγάλη και δυναμική ελληνική κοινότητα της Μελβούρνης και ενδυναμώνει τις πολλές ομοιότητες ανάμεσα στις δύο αυτές μεγάλες πόλεις-λιμάνια. Η Μελβούρνη φιλοξενεί τους περισσότερους Έλληνες εκτός Ευρώπης και, ως εκ τούτου, είναι σωστό να έχει μια ισχυρή και ζωντανή σχέση με μια αντίστοιχη ελληνική πόλη. Όπως είναι γνωστό η αδελφοποίηση των δύο πόλεων επισημοποιήθηκε το 1984. Ο θεσμός των αδελφοποιήσεων μεταξύ πόλεων συμβάλει σημαντικά στην ενδυνάμωση των σχέσεων των κατοίκων τους, ενώ ταυτόχρονα προσφέρει ενεργά στην πολιτιστική ανταλλαγή δύο λαών. Πρέπει να υπογραμμίσουμε τη συμβολή του «Λευκού Πύργου» στη συνέχιση και ενδυνάμωση του θεσμού αυτού για 32 χρόνια. Είμαστε βέβαιοι ότι θα συνεχίσει την σημαντική του προσφορά και στο μέλλον, συμμετέχοντας ενεργά σε μελλοντικές συνεργασίες που θα συμβάλλουν στον εμπλουτισμό της πολυπολιτισμικής πόλης της Μελβούρνης. Προσωπικά χαίρομαι που μου δίνεται η δυνατότητα να επικοινωνήσω μαζί σας για μια ακόμη φορά και να συμμετάσχω ενεργά στις φετινές εορταστικές εκδηλώσεις. Καλώ όλους να πάρουν μέρος στις εκδηλώσεις αυτές και όλοι μαζί να συνεορτάσουμε αυτή τη σημαντική επέτειο.

Βασίλης Παπαστεργιάδης Πρόεδρος

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Address: 40 Pleasant View Drive Preston VIC 3072 Mobile: 0419 856 736 Email: tony@tsourdalakis.com

MESSAGE The 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Crete & Greece was and is been commemorated throughout 2016 in Victoria by a series of events planned by the Battle of Crete and Greece Commemorative Council.

Its purpose is to commemorate the Anniversary of the Battle of Crete & Greece in Australia in such a way that will preserve and promote the shared history and the links of Australia, New Zealand and Greece, raise awareness of the importance of the Battle of Crete and to remember and honour the fallen and the remaining veterans.

The Council has the support of a cross section of the Greek Australian Community, the Greek authorities in Australia, veterans’ associations, prominent politicians, researchers and authors and veterans’ descendants.

We are delighted that the Thessaloniki Association ‘ White Tower ‘ has decided to join the Council and further contribute to the bonds that commenced in 1941 between Greece and Australia and continue today with the Melbourne – Thessaloniki Sister City relationship.

The Association has planned an ANZAC Tribute under the auspices of the Commemorative Council and encourage everyone to attend. It’s been held on Sunday 13th November at 3.00pm, at the Salonican House were Historian Mr. Jim Claven will present “ To Hell and Back – Anzac POW’s, escapers, their Greek helpers and the Thessaloniki POW Camp during the Second World War “.

Finally we wish the Association the best of luck with all its other planned activities for this year’s commemoration of the Melbourne – Thessaloniki Sister City Festival.

On behalf of the Battle of Crete Commemorative Council

Tony Tsourdalakis General Secretary

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The White Tower Melbourne Project The Thessaloniki Association “The White Tower” recently announced its exciting new project -“The White Tower Melbourne”. The project was launched by Maria Vamvakinou MP on Sunday, 14 August 2016 at the Association’s Hall in Northcote.

“The White Tower Melbourne” is a multi-faceted community project, which will bring together members of the Thessaloniki and wider community to help create a scale replica of “The White Tower”, Thessaloniki’s most famous landmark. The replica will comprise thousands of crocheted white flowers (laurels), representing the national flower of Greece, the emblem of prosperity and fame. These will then be brought together, covering a structure representing the White Tower of Thessaloniki.

In so re-creating the White Tower during the Centenary of the First World War, the project will also be honouring the Anzacs who came to Thessaloniki and the Tower during their service on the Salonika Front in the First World War (see the article by Jim Claven).

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of the Sister City relationship between Melbourne and Thessaloniki at Federation Square. The flowers will be crocheted by members of the Greek and the broader Australian communities. The support has been absolutely overwhelming. I had not anticipated such response.”

“The project has been made possible by the involvement of Susan Campbell-Wright, the Chairperson of the Art Craft and Cookery Committee at the Royal Melbourne Show. Susan has brought her excellent arts and crafts skills to the project, attending the crochet workshops and the launch event. She has also created the project dedicated facebook page. In addition, her husband Steve and their son Duncan will construct the replica of the White Tower to which the flowers will be affixed.”

The project has its own dedicated facebook page – “The White Tower Melbourne” https://www.facebook.com/ WhiteTowerMelbourne/ Ms Despoteris said that: “This project will develop crosscultural ties, teach the art of crochet – older ladies teaching their daughters and grand-daughters how to crochet, it will give the opportunity to older persons who may be isolated from the general community to mix with others and act as a get-together socially to have a cup of coffee and reminisce.”

Christina has been involved with the Melbourne/Thessaloniki sister city relationship since its inception in 1984.

As the then Public Relations Officer for the Victorian Ethnic Affairs Commission she produced the original concert held at the Melbourne Concert Hall to celebrate the friendship city relationship between the two cities. The concert was supported by the Victorian Ethnic Affairs Commission, with the Victorian Government represented by then Minister for Ethnic Affairs, the Hon Peter Spyker MP. Mr Theocharis Manavis, the Mayor of Thessaloniki at the time visited Melbourne with his delegation to sign the “Agreement” and to celebrate the relationship. The Lord Mayor of Melbourne at that time was Cr Kevin Chamberlin. There was a special committee formed “The Melbourne Thessaloniki Friendship City relationship Citizens Committee” to plan the appropriate ceremonies and events to celebrate the signing of the Agreement.

The Committee was chaired by the Lord Mayor of

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Melbourne Cr Kevin Chamberlin and included Mr Georgiadis, Acting Consul General of Greece, Cr Beacham, Mr Dollis, Mr Kosmidis, Mr Mangonis, Ms Morris, Mr Sheppard, Mr Sidiropoulos, Mr Sioumis, Mr Vella, Cr Zervos and was co-ordinated by Mr Drew from the Melbourne City Council. The Delegation from Thessaloniki included the Mayor of Thessaloniki Mr Theocharis Manavis and Mrs Manavis, Deputy Mayor Mr Elias Haratzidis, Cr Panayiotis Psomiadis, Cr Eleftherios Halvatzis, Cr Georgios Koulandros and Cr Modis Athanassiadis, Mr Byron Vlahos – Thessaloniki International Fair and Mr Vassilis Petridis from the Chamber of Commerce.

Christina pointed to the many events over the years celebrating the link between our two great cities and communities: “There have been many very exciting events held during the last thirty one years since the Agreement was signed such as art exhibitions, book launches, lectures, dinners, student visits from Thessaloniki and of course the annual festival at Federation Square. Our Association has always supported these initiatives and has been keen to find new ways to re-vitalize awareness of the link between Thessaloniki and Melbourne. The White Tower Melbourne Project is our latest initiative.”

Christina added that she believes that this project would bring together many members of the local Thessaloniki community with the wider community, as well as provide an opportunity for women in the community to come together to demonstrate their craft skills.

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ing in the project and of course all the wonderful ladies and gentlemen who have contributed to the project by making the laurels, participating in the workshops and supporting each other throughout this project.

Finally, such a project would not have been possible without the support of the media. A very big thank you goes to Rena Frangioudaki who, from the outset, embraced this project and supported it wholeheartedly. The Greek newspapers Ta Nea and Neos Kosmos were constantly publishing updates of the project and announcing workshop dates. SBS Radio also supported and encouraged participation. Thank you to all.

The White Tower The Australian Connection

by Jim Claven

The Thessaloniki Association’s new community project combines the celebration of the Thessaloniki-Melbourne sister-city relationship with the commemoration of the Anzac connection to the Thessaloniki’s famous White Tower. This short article tells that story and why it should be remembered.

Over 450 Australians served on the Salonika front during the First World War, from 1915 until the end of the war. They served either as one of the 350 Australian nurses who served there or the estimated 100 Australians who served in the British Army there. One of the latter was the Ned Herring, who would return to Greece in 1941 as part of the Australian force sent to defend Greece against the German invasion. Later in the war, Royal Australian Navy ships would sail into Thessaloniki’s great harbor at the end of the War, on their way to play their part in the occupation and disarming of the Ottoman Empire.

They served at the front in fighting units or in the British hospitals that lay closer to the city of Thessaloniki itself.

They toured the great city and met its people. And they helped out during the disastrous fire that swept the city in August 1917 – ninety-nine years ago - destroying much of the centre of old Thessaloniki.

Thessaloniki is a city steeped in history – from its Greek origins, when the Roman Emperor Galerius made it his home and the grand Via Egnatia – linking the Eastern and Western halves of the Roman Empire. Its fame survived the long years of Ottoman occupation and it is Greece’s second city.

One of the most famous features of Thessaloniki is its White Tower.

Standing at the western end of the grand seafront, the White Tower has become an icon of the city. At one time an Ottoman prison, the Tower became the home to British forces during the Allied presence in the city during the Salonika campaign in WW1.

Photographs from the time show British troops tending chickens on its roof – encouraging them to give up their precious fresh eggs! And it would house many ancient artefacts unearthed during the bombardments and bombings that battered Macedonia’s ancient ground.

But the White Tower has a famous but little known connection to Australia – as well as New Zealand. For during the First World War, it was surrounded by a famous outdoor restaurant that would be the location of a famous dinner and concert in 1918.

There were many restaurants and cafes in the city.

Thessaloniki’s restaurants, cafes, theatres and emporia offered a kaleidoscope of entertainment and relief for the soldiers and nurses of the Allied forces.

Photographs of allied soldiers enjoying the cafes and restaurants of Thessaloniki are testimony to the fact that the city’s pleasures provided a well-deserved respite for the soldiers. They jostled at the tables of Floca’s, Roma or the Bristol to name a few of the famous cafes of the town. There was even an “English Tea Shop” in the city, where nurses enjoyed tea and the attentions of soldiers, naval officers, doctors and chaplains.

But the White Tower restaurant was special. It was a particular favourite for the Allied sailors, soldiers and nurses who flocked to the city during their all too brief periods of leave.

The restaurant was a large eating and entertainment venue just beside the Tower itself, on the water’s edge.

It was a popular haunt for officers of all nations. It had a restaurant and an outdoor cafe with marble tables – gay with flowers and fruit - and customers could drink beer and grenadine, while listening to a band.

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Salonika Cafe scene, with British soldiers of the South Wales Borderers Regiment. IWM restaurant and compared it to popular restaurants in Sydney - though it was expensive!

Christine Erica Strom was a 25 year old nursing sister from Melbourne serving with the British Hospitals located nearby. She reported visiting this cafe for lunch, noting its international clientele. She served on the Salonika front until January 1919, eventually returning to Australia after the war, marrying and living in Surrey Hills.

And so it was that on the 7th January 1918 that the White

Tower restaurant was the location of a famous Anzac dinner, organized by New Zealand forces serving on the front. This would be the only combined Australian and New Zealand formal gathering during the four year Salonika campaign.

Historian Hugh Gilchrist records that a circular invitation was issued, stating that Major J.H. Spencer of the Royal army Medical Corps would preside over the evening.

Tickets were 15 drachma’s – exclusive of wine! Each addressee was required to accept as his guests for the evening two Australian nursing sisters.

The Australians came from far and wide, from units and medical establishments based across the huge campaign front. Despite the distances, a number of Australians attended the dinner and concert. The event was held at the White Tower restaurant, this being not only famous but one of the few to survive the 1917 fire.

Royal Navy signalers rearing chickens on the roof of the White Tower, Salonika 1916.

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Three Australian soldiers who attended were Second Lieutenant Brice Mackinnon from Melbourne who served with the British Army’s Black Watch Regiment, Lieutenant AR Wilkins who served with the Royal Field Artillery and Lieutenant Herbert Gibson of the Royal Australian Flying Corps.

Miles Franklin attended with two other members of the Scottish Women’s Hospital, travelling from Arnissa in Western Macedonia to get there. One of these was one of the medical Doctors in charge of the Hospital, Doctor Agnes Bennett. 42 year old Agnes was from Sydney and had gained her medical training at Edinburgh University in Scotland. The other was medical orderly Carole Reid.

Also in attendance were two nurses with the Australian Army Nursing Service – Nurses Vines and Begley.

Miles Franklin, 1940s. Source Wikipedia

A copy of the menu and program of music survives. As well as roast beef and chicken, the assembly even enjoyed lobster mayonnaise and plum pudding! Concert included music by Elgar, Verdi and Schubert. Lieutenant Wilkins recorded the night:

“Buzzed off down the road to catch the train. Struck a busload of sisters, who invited us to go with them.

Scrambled in. … Sisters not allowed to drink champagne etc – terrible strafe, what-ho! Finished dinner at 9.30, then concert; very good, too. “Burlington Bertie” great success …Shut up shop at 11.40 and off to bed at Hotel Rome.”

No doubt these young Australians and New Zealanders had a great time, a respite from the horrors of war and an opportunity to reflect on their fellow soldiers and nurses who had served and those who would not survive to return to their loved ones at home.

Not far from the restaurant lies the Commonwealth War Cemetery at Mikra. Here lie two Australians who would not survive the war, including the only Australian nurse to die and be buried in Greece in the First World War.

The White Tower on the sea front at Salonika, April 1916.

Photographer Ariel Varges. IWM

She was 34 year old Sister Gertrude Munro. From 5 Gillies Street Alfredton near Ballarat and educated at Queens College Ballarat, she enlisted in the Australian Army Nursing Service in August 1916. She was based at the 60th British General Hospital at Hortiatis, acting as Matron during the illness of Matron Pritchard. She served here for two years until her death from bronchoSister Cities Melbourne-Thessaloniki - 32nd Anniversary - 25

Salonika Greece, 14th May 1913 - Boatmen prepare to moor at the strategically vital port of Salonika on the coast of the Greek region of Macedonia. This mesmerizing image preserves a view of the port that has since vanished: over 9,000 buildings were destroyed when fire swept through the city in August 1917. pneumonia, following malaria and dysentery, on 10th October 1918 at Thessaloniki . She was buried with full military honours is buried at grave no 591 in the Commonwealth’s Mikra Military Cemetery on the northern outskirts of Thessaloniki. She was posthumously awarded the 1914/15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. These medals are now on display at the RSL in her home town of Ballarat.

Mr Jim Claven is a historian and freelance writer who has researched the Anzac connection to Greece across both world wars for a number of years. He is an honorary member of the Thessaloniki Association “The White Tower”, in recognition of his research on Thessaloniki’s Anzac connection.

Buried near Gertrude is Sapper 236951 E Heron, an Australian serving with the British Army 33rd Base Park Royal Engineers, was killed on 28 December 1918, age 29, and is buried in grave plot 1031, Mikra Military Cemetery.

Son of William Joseph Heron, of 7, Napoleon St., Cottesloe, Perth, Western Australia, and the late Teresa Heron.

The young diners meeting to commemorate Anzac day would not have known that these two Australians – with whom they served – would never see Australia again.

So if you are fortunate enough to visit Thessaloniki’s famous White Tower, think of the young Australians who gathered here in its shadow and by the waters of the Saronic Gulf to remember Gallipoli and Australia’s sacrifice there. And think of the two of their comrades who never return to Australia but remain at the nearby war cemetery, overlooking these same waters.

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Sister Getrude Munro’s grave, Mikra Commonwealth War Cemetery, Thessaloniki. Photo Jim Claven 2012.

To Hell and Back Prisoners, escapers and their helpers in Thessaloniki’s WW2 POW Camp

by Jim Claven

Anyone who comes to Thessaloniki is drawn to its magnificent waterfront. Its harbor and promenade has seen the march of history. The elegant buildings, churches and ancient monuments that flow down from the foot of the castle above, lead you to the sea.

Prisoner - Into captivity

And it was here, 75 years ago, that thousands of Allied soldiers – now prisoners of war – marched under the watchful eye of their German captors. They had come to defend Greece – many from Australia and New Zealand – and they had been defeated. After a valiant campaign against overwhelming odds and technically superior forces, these were the soldiers who had not been evacuated. They were headed for one of the most infamous German prisoner of war (POW) camps in Greece – Dulag 183 on the eastern edge of Thessaloniki. This would become the largest POW camp in Greece and to which nearly every Allied prisoner of war was incarcerated awaiting transfer to Germany.

In Greece and Crete, the final orders for surrender were often made on the evacuation beaches, such as the harbours of Kalamata and Sfakia. As the last evacuation ships left, orders would be issued to prepare to surrender. Troops began destroying or disabling their weapons and contact was made with the advancing Germans to deliver the surrender order.

This article tells the story of the camp, the prisoners of war who were incarcerated there and those who escaped to freedom with the help of the local population.

Like the story of the Greek campaign of 1941 and Greece’s long years of occupation, the story of Dulag 183, its prisoners and their helpers is one of suffering, heroism and bravery. It is a story that needs to be told.

For those left behind the feeling of defeat and capture could be overwhelming. Digger memoirs reveal expressions of shame and guilt, of failing their mates, of utter uselessness. Some even committed suicide.

Thessaloniki harbour, 1941-43 Photographer Theodor Sheerer. Bundesarchiv.

At the end of the Greek campaign in June 1941 some 27,000 Allied soldiers remained in Greece as prisoners of war. 5,109 of these were Australians.

Troops would often be given the option of trying to escape capture. And this would be an individual and a brave decision. But despite the support of their Greek helpers, for many of these evaders their escape would be in vain.

The moment of capture could be a dangerous one, yet the reports from the Greece reveal the opposite. In many accounts the victors took their defeated enemy into captivity without rancor. One digger recorded how their paratroop captors stood by and let the Australians dispose of their weapons before escorting them into captivity. Another remembered being given a British biscuit and some bully beef by one of his captors commenting that this was “a small act of chivalry not uncommon among front-line troops.” German troops would refer to their new prisoners as “Aussies.” The experience of capture at Monemvasia for South Australian Ralph Churches and his comrades was relaxed and friendly: Sister Cities Melbourne-Thessaloniki - 32nd Anniversary - 27

German armour arrive on the Thessaloniki waterfront, April 1941. Bundesarchiv.

“Their captors displayed no ill-will towards their erstwhile quarry, indeed they offered them cigarettes to calm their nerves, motioned to the Australians to gather their few things together and escorted them to their captain, who in halting English pronounced their capture.”

One British officer was captured by a German officer outside Kalamata only to discover that he was an acquaintance from the pre-war era. He was promptly invited to dinner – the next time his captor had some leave! As one Anzac prisoner recalled “they had been

German soldiers looting a Greek shop, 1941 Photo Franz Weixler. Bundesarchiv.

front-line soldiers, and had treated us like soldiers because they knew what it was like.”

Reading through the Army records, memoirs and battalion diaries, it seems quaint to come across those famous words, often used in TV comedies with an exaggerated German accent – “For you the war is over.” But indeed these words appear too regular to be a fiction.

The captured diggers were held first in a variety of temporary and ill-prepared camps. These were usually established near where the major concentrations of troops had been captured - at Lamia and Larissa in central Greece, at Kokkinia outside Athens, at Corinth, Argos, Nafplio and Kalamata in the Peloponnese, and at Galatas, Skines and Chania on Crete. Some were former Greek Army barracks or camps for holding Italian prisoners. But they might also be no more than a field, a school ground or a cottage. All of these camps shared common features – poor sanitation and inadequate food. The camps were rough and ready, and not very secure. Many captured Allied soldiers escaped easily from these facilities, joining those who had evaded captured in the first place.

The Way North Gradually but steadily the prisoners were moved north to Thessaloniki. Their journey was often tortuous, train journeys being interrupted by breaks in the railway line due to bombing and the lack of rolling stock. The weary and often sick or wounded soldiers would have to continue their journey – often across hundreds of kilometers - by truck or even on foot.

Yet as they were moved north, many of the prisoners would record later the kindness of the local population and their support when some made their escape.

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Allied soldiers surrender on Crete, May-June 1941.

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Gunner Ian Ramsay of the 2/2nd Field Regiment from Toorak, who had been captured at Nafplio, remembers how their Austrian paratrooper guards warned the local population to stay away from the prisoners as they assembled in the main square of Argos. Yet despite these warnings, Greek civilians took pity on the Allied prisoners who had come to defend Greece. And despite lacking food themselves, they would take great risks to secretly offer food to the prisoners. Ian remembered how an elderly woman had thrown a loaf of bread to the prisoners from her window as they were being marched through Argos. The bread was confiscated, the prisoner who had caught it violently dealt with and the elderly woman led away by the German guards to an uncertain fate. Others were more successful in helping the weary soldiers, as Ian continued his account:

“A few minutes later, we were marching on again. As we went under an underpass, a young woman dashed out of a dark alleyway and forced a packet of cigarettes into my pocket. Within a second or so she had sprinted up the alley and disappeared among the narrow lanes. The guards had not seen this and later I became popular, being a non-smoker, when I distributed the cigarettes around. The girl had risked horrible and painful reprisals in showing her loyalty to the Allies and her sympathy for the prisoners. The Greeks are fine allies, loyal, brave and sympathetic.”

A few prisoners would seize opportunities to escape during the long march north. Some would merely start to lag behind the column and make a dart to freedom.

This is how Sydney-born Sergeant Richard Turner of the Australian Army Service Corps made his escape after being captured at Megara. Along with another prisoner, he left the column as it crossed a hairpin bend. Others hid where they could during the short halts in the march, hoping not to be missed when the march recommenced.

Three diggers from New South Wales hid in a drain

The Thessaloniki waterfront, 1930’s - where the Allied prisoners marched to the camp.

during a stop near Florina and Warrant Officer Thomas Boulter, a Frankston-born lawyer, left his column near Lamia to hide in a bush.

All of these POW’s would succeed in evading re-capture – but only with the help of local civilians. Richard was hidden by Greek villagers in the mountains south of Thessaly. One Ioannis Kallinikos from the village of Livanatas would shelter him for a year and a half. Richard joined the Greek andartes. The three diggers from NSW were helped by villagers throughout central Greece until they were taken by Greek fishermen from Volos to Skiathos, Skyros, Antipsara, Smyrne and finally to British Palestine. Thomas would be taken in by a local farmer, working in his fields in return for food and shelter. He would move from village to village, eventually reaching Evia and from thence to Skyros, Turkey and back to Egypt. In his escape Thomas was aided by Stamatios Katsatos on Evia and by a Skyriot fisherman, Emanuel Virgilou. But the vast majority of prisoners remained in captivity.

Those who travelled by sea the voyage took around five days, the transport and hospital vessels hugging the coast to avoid Allied submarines. Some voyages could be enjoyable. A large batch of sick and wounded that left the Kokkinia hospital camp near Athens in late August 1941 travelled to the Piraeus docks in large passenThessaloniki in the 1930’s - the city as the Allied escapers would have seen it

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Lance Corporal Dudley “Skip” Welsh (right) 2/6th AIF Infantry Battalion in the Mddles is, post his escape.

Trooper Ernest Chapman second from left with his Greek resistance comrades.

ger buses. They embarked on the Italian hospital ship Gradisca, enjoying good care and food from the Italian medical staff. For others who took the journey by sea, the voyage would be less enjoyable. After the march to the harbor, the prisoners would be battened down in the holds during the night, sometimes for the whole voyage, with no light, and sharing the space with rats. Food was insufficient to avoid hunger, if they were lucky prisoners were issued with bully beef and dry biscuits each day.

Others were thrown raw fish from the decks above – “it was like feeding the seals”, one digger remembered.

population. Like the rest of Greece, the local population would suffer the looting of what goods and provisions they might have by German soldiers. Another German army photographer Franz Weixler would record this and suffer arrest. Soon German and other Axis occupiers would begin the formal commandeering of foodstuffs and essential supplies. As Greece was divided into occupation zones with different occupiers, with different rules, regulations and impositions, normal food distribution and commerce was disrupted. Food production plummeted. In cities like Athens and Thessaloniki this soon resulted in hunger and then starvation.

Even on the sea voyages, prisoners thought of escape.

Private Sam Stratton of the 2/11th Battalion recounted how the prisoners “were always looking for a chance to go over the side” as the transports hugged the cast on its way to Thessaloniki. Lieutenant “Sandy” Thomas discussed taking control of the lightly guarded ship with its Greek crew, only being dissuaded when informed that the Germans would sink the ship – and its human cargo - if this occurred.

And so they travelled north – by land and by sea - to the once beautiful waterfront of Thessaloniki, Greece’s second city.

Thessaloniki

Added to this situation, 48,000 refugees fled to Thessaloniki from the Bulgarian zone. By October 1941 some 100,000 residents were being fed by municipal soup kitchens. Across Greece, an estimated 450,000 civilians would die of starvation and related ailments during the occupation.

The German occupation of the city would result in the formation of one of the first resistance groups in Greece, under the name Eleftheria or Freedom. Its actions would see many local civilians interred in the German concentration camp that would be located at the former Pavlos Melas Greek Army camp to the west of the city centre.

Many villages across Macedonia and Thrace would suffer reprisal actions by the German and other Axis oc-

As they arrived they saw a city under occupation. Thessaloniki had fallen to the German Army in early April 1941 and would remain occupied along with the rest of Greece for four long years. From its harbor, the Germans quickly moved on to occupy many of the Islands of the northern and central Aegean, including Lemnos and Lesvos. Soon the army would be followed by the dreaded Gestapo, occupying the former Bulgarian Consulate and Club.

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Thessaloniki Railway Station - where many of the Allied prisoners arrived. Pre-war postcard.

The camp barracks in ottoman times, pre-1913.

Photo Jim Claven 2016

The road to the camp. The camp was located in the modern day military base on the left of this photo.

cupiers – villages like Kormista, Kleisto, Ambelofyto and Kidonia.

One wounded Anzac – Lieutenant W.B.”Sandy” Thomas of the New Zealand 23rd Battalion- would write of his arrival at Thessaloniki’s harbor on the small cargo steamer Kreta in late October 1941 along with 50 Anzac patients also from the hospital camp at Kokkinia:

The years of occupation would also witness the devastation of the city’s large Jewish community. A community that had existed and thrived for hundreds of years, whose forebears had been expelled from Spain in the 15th century, who maintained their distinctive Sephardic culture and ladino language, would be almost entirely annihilated in the German deportations of early 1943.

Prior to this they had been subjected to restrictions, confiscations and forced labour – including the infamous forced public humiliations in Plateia Eleftherias (Freedom Square) of July 1942 – photographed for posterity by the German authorities. And the great Jewish cemetery – which had stretched over 35 hectares containing hundreds of thousands of remains– would be demolished, its headstones used for road-building and other constructions. From a community of 50,000 in 1943 fewer than one hundred remained hiding in the city on its liberation. Those individuals and resistance organizations who tried to help their Jewish neighbours faced the threat of German reprisals. The Jewish Museum in Thessaloniki is a welcome reminder of the thriving community that the Nazi’s brought to an abrupt and violent end.

Arrival The thousands of Allied soldiers who came to the city recount in many memoirs and interviews how they arrived at Thessaloniki’s main railway station on the western edge of the city. From there, they were marched four miles, along its beautiful waterfront, to the famous White Tower and on to the camp where they would be housed. British Trooper Ernest Chapman of the Royal Tank Regiment recounted the march from the station, with the exhausted men drawing on their reserves of pride, marching in formation as if on the parade ground.

“Soon after midday on 30th October, with snow capped Olympus on our left, we steamed up the Gulf of Salonika, to tie up in that historic port. Above the harbour the old stone city walls, the towers and fortresses standing out on the hill gave a medieval atmosphere but around the docks things were modern enough … German marines, none of whom seemed more than 18, paraded on the wharves. … everybody seemed busy … we were driven along the waterfront, past the great circular tower of Salonika, and in a few minutes were at the gates of the prison camp.”

Another Kiwi soldier who arrived by sea was Warrant Officer Jack Elsworthy of the New Zealand 16th Light Aid Detachment. After days in the hold of the transport ship as it sailed to Thessaloniki from Athens, he recounted that many of the prisoners could hardly stand as they disembarked on the waterfront. The prisoners were forced to run along the waterfront, under the gaze of the local Greek population who had been ordered to watch the procession. Machine-gun posts were placed at each intersection. Any civilians – male or female who made the mistake of smiling, waving or throwing some food to the prisoners were beaten by the German soldiers. Another prisoner, Corporal Donald Watt of the 2/7th AIF Battalion, recounts of a female resident being shot dead in the street for trying to give the prisoners food as they marched through the city.

When he arrived at the camp Sergeant Keith Hooper of the 2/6thBattalion and his contingent of prisoners were instructed to stand in the parade ground under the sun while the German officers had their lunch. Many prisoners collapsed.

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The War Museum at Thessaloniki, on the grownds of the former POW camp, Dulag 183.

Photo by Jim Claven 2016 Thessaloniki POW Transit Camp - Dulag 183 The “new” camp was designated Dulag or transit camp 183 and it would be one of two camps operated by the Germans in the city, the other being on the site of the former Pavlos Melas Greek Army camp. The camp site lay just to the east of the central area of Thessaloniki, on the site of today’s War Museum and military base. The area has been a military zone since the Ottoman era, rising from the harbor and stretching in a large rectangle up to the hills that surround the city.

The camp itself was over one hundred years old, having been erected during the Greek War of Independence as an Ottoman Army barracks and subsequently used as a Greek Army barracks following the City’s liberation in 1913. There are reports that during the First World War the camp site was used as a prison for British prisoners.

By the outbreak of the Second World War the buildings had been condemned by the Greek authorities. One wonders what went through the minds of the Allied prisoners as they arrived and looked on their new accommodation - a collection of broken down buildings.

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The camp layout according to Lieutenant W.B. “Sandy” Thomas. Reproduced from his memoir Dare to be Free.

containing both officers and men. In May the camp held 300 Commonwealth prisoners, along with 1,600 Yugoslav prisoners. This rose to 7,000 in June as the first drafts from Corinth and the Peloponnese began to arrive. Later the prisoners captured on Crete would join those from other areas of Greece to swell the camp population until it rose as high as 12,000. The duration of prisoners stay at the camp varied, some for three or more months, others two or three weeks and some just thirty-six hours. A number of Greek policemen and civilians were also brought to the camp and kept in its dungeons, many under sentence of death for helping the Allied prisoners. And over its six months of existence it would earn for itself an infamous reputation.

The POW camp was of some two hectares and comprised a clay barrack square, rows of old – mostly wooden Army huts which would be the prisoner’s accommodation and two concrete buildings that would serve as the camps medical facilities. The camp perimeter consisted of walls, buildings and a double barbed wire fence, with a concertina network between each fence. Security was maintained by searchlights, roving patrols, three guard towers, sentry’s posted at the entrance to the camp as well as on the roof of one of the camp sheds. By the end of September, as the camp population was reduced, British and Commonwealth prisoners would be housed in four barracks in a three hundred yard by two hundred yard sub-section of the original camp.

Walking around the camp site today it is hard to imagine how the camps reported 12,000 prisoner inmates fared.

The conditions for the prisoners in the camp were awful.

Many of the prisoners arrived suffering from wounds of war and the privations of weeks in the ill-provisioned temporary transit camps. Now they would be subjected

Thessaloniki Railway Station - where many of the Allied prisoners arrived. Pre-war postcard.

to unsanitary living conditions and a lack of adequate food. Soon many would be ill and some die. In the words of one prisoner - Private Sam Stratton of the 2/11th Battalion - it was “a Hell camp.”

Living in Vermin The POW accommodation within the camp was unhealthy to say the least. The prisoners lay on the hut floors without bedding. The camp authorities made little or no attempt to provide blankets or bedding on the floor of which rows of men had to lie. Some officers were given beds, but the crowded accommodation ensured the rapid spread of vermin and disease throughout the inmates. The huts themselves were:

“…thick with filth, and infested with lice, fleas and bedbugs. Swarms of flies and mosquitoes and numerous rats helped to make sleep for a newcomer almost impossibility.”

The camp’s wooden huts. Photo in collection of Lieutenant W.B. “Sandy” Thomas.

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Lieutenant W.B. “Sandy” Thomas.

Warrant Officer Thomas Boulter

Thessaloniki Street Stall, 1941, prior to the arrival of the German army. Photo D. Forsyth

“The block where we slept was a long stone building with a wooden floor, and as well as rats it was infested with every known form of insect. We slept on the floor and at night there was a constant sound of men moaning and fidgeting. Our hands were never still as we scratched our bodies or brushed our faces to get rid of bed bugs, mosquitoes, spiders and other pests.”

ounces of bread, sometimes mouldy, a pint of watery lentil soup with an occasional flavouring of horseflesh, and two hot drinks of German ‘mint’ tea. Australian medical officer Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Le Soufe of the 2/7th Australian Field Ambulance described the meat ration as “a skeleton with the meat stripped from it.” Meal time was described by one prisoner as follows:

Corporal Reg King of the 2/11th Battalion remembered that there were so many lice that when a British soldier died, the coat he had used as a pillow literally moved by itself on the floor. Despite the infestations, it was only towards the end of the camp that prisoners would report the Germans introducing disinfectant and the accommodation barracks being fumigated.

“The main meal of the day was served at 11.30am in the morning. Euphemistically called soup, it came in a large open container holding about 30 gallons. The clear liquid had grease floating at the top and a few beans at the bottom. The server was constantly urged to keep stirring as he ladled it out but few were lucky enough to find many beans in their portion.”

Almost every barrack had a single water tap and four latrines for the use of its 250 or so prisoners. The latrines were just two holes in a concrete floor over which prisoners had to squat. Balance was difficult amongst the mess and at night even worse as no illumination was allowed.

Some prisoners were so hungry that they fought for a piece of stale bread the German guards gave to the camp’s horses. Prisoners became so hungry and desperate that the work details at the stables within the camp were regarded as a “plum job” as this provided the opportunity to eat some the bran mash or grain – or even suck on some straw – all fodder provided for the horses!

Corporal Donald Watt records that as a result the prisoners became thin and weak from a variety of dietary

Lieutenant W.B. “Sandy” Thomas remembered that the lack of proper sanitation and drainage resulted in the camp and its inmates being deluged by millions of flies, swarming around the latrines and cookhouses and forming ugly black heaps where refuse was dropped.

Scores of mangy cats slunk around the barracks. Such an environment was a recipe for ill-health and disease.

Starvation Diets Added to their already weak condition and their poor living conditions the insufficient food provided and lack of water further undermined the prisoner’s health.

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The camp layout according to British Trooper Ernest Chapman. Reproduced from Don Turner, Kiriakos Star 1986

German photographs of their round-up of Thessaloniki’s Jewish population July 1942. Bundesarciv.

illnesses and bowel complaints. Some even feared cannibalism amongst the prisoners.

Some locals tried to sneak small articles of food, such as apples or tomatoes to the prisoners. If they were caught by the German guards, the guards would brutally beat the locals with their rifles – whether they were men or women, and no matter how old. Yet later - after October - the Greek Red Cross led by Mrs Riadis successfully petitioned the Germans to be able to distribute foodstuffs to the prisoners, and later in November as the camp was nearing closure International Red Cross parcels began to arrive.

The poor diet meant that men lost weight, suffered malnutrition and the incidence of famine oedema and beriberi rose to hundreds of cases. One prisoner’s weight fell from twelve to just seven stone in a matter of weeks. And despite its prevalence the German medical officer refused to recognize beriberi amongst the prisoners. However the outbreak of malaria in the camp did force the German authorities to make a daily issue of ten grammes of quinine.

When the medical staff of the captured 2/5th Australian General Hospital arrived for a brief thirty-six hour stay at the camp in summer they would record the poor health conditions prevalent in the camp. They concluded that the food rations provided were “at practically starvation level of about 1200 calories”. This compared to the average of 2,700 calories provided to German POW’s in British camps. Many prisoners like Sergeant Ron Phillips of the 2/6th Battalion felt the Germans starved the prisoners to reduce their will to resist and make them easier to control – a conclusion supported by the Australian official medical historian of the war.

Added to the poor diet and illnesses, many below the rank of sergeant – and even some non-commissioned

The destruction of the former Jewish Cemetery

officers and officers in defiance of the Geneva Convention - were required to undertake heavy work outside the camp - shifting wood in timber-yards, unloading heavy sacks from railway trucks at a siding, pushing along 40-gallon petrol drums at the docks, cleaning out stables and working with pick and shovel. Commencing at the six o’clock in the morning, these work details included many sick cases.

Medical Services The camps medical services - provided primarily by Allied medical personnel, utiltising whatever medicines they had managed to bring with them – struggled to cope with the diseases prevalent in the camp.

The two medical buildings were situated in a corner of the compound, surrounded by the brick wall and barbed wire fences. One hut was used as a dysentery ward, the other partly for surgical and partly for medical patients. These medical facilities initially accommodated 65 beds in May but as the number of prisoners grew it was expanded in June to 160 beds by incorporating the nearest barrack, a double storied building.

This new building was split into two main wards on the ground floor, with six small rooms and a medical inspection room upstairs. Originally staffed by Serbian doctors and orderlies, these would be replaced by British and Commonwealth medical staff as they arrived at the camp.

The hospital would tend over 3,000 patients (including at one time 800 patients) and the medical inspection room treated 400 cases daily throughout June.

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time at the camp. Yet the official New Zealand POW historian estimated that deaths in the camp were limited to around eighty prisoners, no doubt due to the efforts of the Allied medical officers and orderlies.

The camp authorities placed little check on such acts of brutality and delayed granting permission for delegates of the International Red Cross Committee or of a neutral power to inspect the camp.

Brutality and Murder

“It was Hell”

The brutality of the guards and violations of the Geneva Convention on the treatment of prisoners was a feature of the camp often recounted in prisoner memoirs.

The memoirs of many prisoners abound with references to the Hell-ish nature of the camp. One digger – Lance Corporal George Blanch of the 2/2nd Battalion – recounted that words could not describe the terrible nature of the conditions in the camp. With its poor food, poor accommodation, prevalence of vermin and disease and the brutality of the guards, he concluded that if hell was any worse than Dulag 183, he sure didn’t want to go there. Private Reginald Lindley of the 2/11th Battalion wrote of the camp:

As soon as Warrant Officer Jack Elsworthy arrived at Thessaloniki he noticed a difference in the guards.

Whereas those who had captured and held them in the other transit camps in Crete had been frontline soldiers - showing the POW’s the respect of soldiers - the guards at Thessaloniki were not fit or young enough to serve in battle. As he said “the guards at Salonika were secondrate scum and sadistic bullies.” Another prisoner - Lance Corporal Welsh of the 2/6th Battalion - recorded the shooting of a thirsty British prisoner at the waterfront who sought to break ranks to drink from a water pipe.

In the camp itself there was much indiscriminate shooting by some of the sentries, one New Zealander being shot dead without warning and another wounded for being allegedly too near the trip-wire inside the camp perimeter. Private Ray Fairhill of the 1st Australian Corps Signals remembered “there was a lot of shooting going on.”

“At our concentration camp in Salonika it was hell. They were starving us we could hardly walk about. We were living like dogs you could not move around the compound at night without fear of being shot. A few boys have been shot. If we are here much longer we will be mad or dead.”

And as New Zealand Warrant Officer Jack Elsworthy concluded his story of the camp stating that he had “not

Some officers who tried sleeping outside the huts at night found it a dangerous activity, as they were subject to indiscriminate shooting by the guards. The number of escapes had led the Germans to become “triggerhappy”, firing at any noise and anything that moved.

And the bodies of prisoners who were shot while escaping were left for up to three days as a warning to others, some moved to the parade ground in full few of the camp inmates.

One night a sentry threw a grenade into a barrack latrine because someone had lit a match, and three men were seriously injured. Far from being reprimanded, the camp commandant congratulated the sentry on his action.

On at least one occasion the whole camp was ordered to stand on parade from dawn to dusk in 100 degree heat.

And those prisoners on work parties were subjected to screaming, bullying, kicking and knocking about with rifle butts.

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Slim Wrigley and Bruce Vary - escaped POW’s, Mount Pelion, Thessaly Greece 1943

Slim’s escape from Thessaloniki to Ritini.

Yet given the conditions in the camp it is no surprise that many prisoners sought to escape almost immediately. And many would succeed – some via the sewers, some through the gates and others on the train journeys from Thessaloniki north - aided and helped by the local Greek population. Some joined the growing resistance but most made their way south in search of boats – the famed Greek caique – to take them across the northern Aegean first to Turkey and then back to Allied controlled Middle East.

Escape could be easy. One prisoner escaped on the march from the camp to the railway for the journey to Germany. During his time at the camp, British Private Ginger Rickson had managed to secure a few items of civilian clothing – a civilian beret and jacket. As he marched through the city, Ginger changed his clothes and darted from the marching column of prisoners to safety out of sight of the unaware guards. Another prisoner saw him wink in recognition as he casually leaned on a lamppost as the column marched on.

met a single person who had a good thing to say about Salonika or any of the Germans there.”

The End of the Camp – And Escape By the end of September the camp had been practically cleared. Those who were too ill to be moved, together with the skeleton medical staff and a number of remaining prisoners - mostly recaptured escapers from the camp - were shifted to four barracks wired off in a smaller area. In November the camp closed – 12,000 captured Allied soldiers had suffered within its perimeter and at least eighty had died due to its horrendous conditions.

As the camp neared closer, a new commandant was appointed who instituted a more favourable regime.

Lieutenant Colonel Le Souef and another Australian medical officer were even permitted – under guard – to visit Mrs Riadis of the Greek Red Cross in her Thessaloniki flat for morning tea! Later the Commandant would take him and Australian Captain Archie Cochrane on a visit to the First World War Allied War Cemeteries of the city. On this tour Leslie and Archie saluted the grave of a former British prisoner of the camp who had been shot while trying to escape.

Finding a safe place in the city required the help of sympathetic locals. Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Le Souef recounts that the local Greek civilian charged with maintaining the grounds of one of the First World War Allied War Cemeteries in the city had successfully hidden a number camp escapers within the cemetery. He would be decorated by the British government for his service.

British Trooper Earnest Chapman escaped a number of times from the trains taking him to Germany only to be re-captured. He would finally succeed by organizing an escape team and digging a fifty metre tunnel from the barracks to freedom. It would be on his third attempt that the tunnel would lead to freedom and a wartime life with the Greek resistance in northern Greece. And every time he escaped, he was helped by local villagers, like the black moustached Christo, his wife Amalia and the villagers of Pili who welcomed him with open arms, sharing their limited food and provisions and hiding him from the Germans.

Others would escape using the storm water and other drains of the camp. A number of prisoners escaped using the camp latrine drain, a narrow brick and cement pipe that stretched for 200 yards before exiting beyond the camp perimeter into a nearby creek. But the death of a poor Cypriot prisoner in the drain, overpowered by the fumes, would block this route and alert the guards.

Twenty or thirty Australian prisoners escaped through a storm water drain in the compound, with the guards

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distracted by the diversion of the Australian prisoners playing a two-up game! Two or three men at a time made their way into the drain and to freedom. However their success attracted the attention of other prisoners and then the guards, who stopped the flood by killing all in the drain with bursts from their machine-guns.

chance of me being given up; I’ve found that the more possessions people have the more they want to protect them. On the other hand, in poor areas, the people are friendlier and happier.”

New Zealand Lieutenant W.B. “Sandy” Thomas would weaken the fastenings on a camp gate, crawl through a wire fence and scale the outside wall to freedom. Wandering the city he was taken in and sheltered by poor locals, who shared their food with him. Sandy would evade capture for many months, being helped by various locals and eventually the monks of the Khalkidhiki peninsula until he was able to reach Turkey. Taking the same route was British Wing Commander Edward Howell who escaped from a German dental hospital servicing prisoners at the camp. Again this escaper was helped by Greek villagers and a skipper who took him in his caique to Lemnos, Imbros and finally Chanakale.

“I went up to a big fat Greek lady who was sitting down with two little children in front of a row of cottages and said “I am an Australian prisoner”, and without any further ado, she grabbed me by the arm, heaved me inside the house and slammed me in a room. Of course I got a but nervy but within a quarter of an hour I was being overwhelmed by Greeks, food and drink were being pressed on me and I was being called a hero – by a Greek who could speak English because he had been to America…”

But two Australian escaper stories demand greater attention. They underscore the vital role of Greek civilians in helping the escapers, its often terrible cost and despite the war how an Anzac on the run could find love with a young Greek girl.

The Australian Lance Corporal Dudley “Skip” Welsh, who had failed in his earlier attempt to escape using the camp latrine drain, was able to walk out of the camp a free man. By August 1941, Skip had obtained an almost complete outfit of Greek civilian clothing from Greek prisoners in exchange for food and his own Australian army boots. Wearing his prisoner cloths over these and unbeknownst to the guards, he joined a large working party of prisoners who were employed grooming horses in the camp stables near an external gate of the camp.

Hiding in a forage store and then hiding behind a horse at a water trough, Skip removed his uniform, revealing his Greek workman’ clothes, and walked out past the guard who assumed he was a local.

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After wandering around for two hours:

It was soon decided by his Greek helpers to move Dudley to a safe house, where he would be joined by four other escaped prisoners, including another Australian Private Walter Sicklen of the 2/ 1st Battalion. They would take him to the house of Enesta Costa, his sisters Despinis and Helen, and Enesta’s mother and father. The family fed the prisoners and took them out each day to avoid the random German day-time house searches.

Dudley stained his face with juniper berries, grew a moustache and tried to adopt what he thought were Greek mannerisms to avoid attracting attention to himself as he walked the streets of the city. During these outings, they would watch German news-reels, record the shipping movements at the waterfront and be tempted to shout hello to their former fellow prisoners as they marched passed them on their way to the railway station and captivity in Germany.

But as occurred on many occasions, the freedom of these soldiers was paid for by the blood of their local helpers. One of the other soldiers in Dudley’s group was a Scottish soldier. He treasured a small bible, a gift from home. One day, against the rules explained to all of them, he mistakenly left the incriminating bible behind in the Costa home. A random search by the Germans discovered the bible – and its dedication to the Scotsman with his regimental name and serial number. The Germans awaited the return of the family and arrested them. Young Helen escaped in time to warn the prisoners. But it was too late for Enesta and his family who were executed.

Despite this terrible set back, their Greek helpers found

escaped from the camp, but escape he did in September 1941. Making his way safely through Thessaloniki, Slim made his way south to the remote village of Ritini, where he was sheltered for more than six months by the family of the school teacher, Ioannis Papadopoulos. It was while he was hidden with the Papadopoulos family that Slim noticed Ioannis’ beautiful daughter, Xanthoula.

other safe houses and eventually Dudley, Walter and the others were taken by friendly guides south-east to Mount Athos. Here they were joined by seven other escapers and met a religious hermit called Father Savvas who helped them obtain a boat. The priest then took them to Imbros, returning to collect more escaped prisoners. On Imbros they were welcomed and fed. While in Turkey the locals took them to the Gallipoli battlefield, where Dudley visited Lone Pine where his father had been wounded in 1915. Eventually, on 10th October this group of prisoners crossed into Allied-occupied Syria and freedom.

On his return, Dudley would be recommended for the Military Medal for his bravery in escaping, citing the useful intelligence he collected concerning German coastal defences around Thessaloniki and Evia, as well as German shipping movements at Thessaloniki harbor.

Sadly, Skip would ultimately not be awarded the Military Medal but would by Mentioned-in-Despatches.

Like George Turner, Slim didn’t just want to escape – he wanted to continue the fight against the Germans in Greece. He joined the Greek resistance in the Mount Olympus area, taking part in various military operations. Soon he was enlisted into the Allied Special Operations Executive or SOE. Like the other agents sent into Greece at this time, Slim would liaise between the Greek resistance and Allied headquarters in Cairo, assisting in the supply of weapons and coordinating many sabotage operations, destroying bridges, roads and railways.

Sick with pneumonia and malaria, Slim left Greece from Pelion on Christmas Day 1943 and soon arrived safely in Smyrne – as Slim named the city in his report. For his work with the resistance, Slim was granted the Italy Star – the Medal awarded to those for Allied soldiers who served with the Greek resistance.

Ioannis Papadopoulos was not so lucky. While Slim was making his way to freedom, his protector had been arrested due to the actions of a Greek informer. He was executed by the Germans on 13 January 1944, leaving his young family destitute. After the war Ioannis’ daughter,

Dudley would never forget the bravery of his Greek helpers and the terrible cost some of them were made to pay:

“The Greeks helped us to escape from the country. They guided us over the mountains, from village to village, each village supplying a guide to the next one. They helped us with food, Greek Orthodox priests gave us shelter and food in their churches and the police warned us of any approaching Germans on the route…. The Greeks were extremely kind to us. It amazed me that people who have everything to lose and nothing to gain could open their arms to us.”

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antine Museum and think of the disease and horror that they endured for weeks within its confines. And think of those who died due to its privations.

But also remember those who got away. The prisoners who against the odds refused to give up hope and made their escape from captivity. An escape impossible without the help of hundreds of local residents – from policemen and priests, to housewives and teachers and ordinary civilians.

Throughout Greece the consequences of resistance are visible even today in ninety-five martyred villages dotting the land from Macedonia and Epirus, to the Peloponnese and Crete. Despite these real threats, thousands joined the resistance and hundreds helped the Allied cause and assisted the escapers and their return to the Middle East.

Ioannis Papadopoulos (centre) with Xanthoula at right.

Possibly a pre-war photograph.

Xanthoula, began to learn English and was reminded of the tall handsome Australian who had stayed with her family years before. As she later recounted:

“The year was 1949, one windy night sitting around looking at some family photos… a small piece of paper fell out. On it was a name and an address in Yarraville, Melbourne. The name was Herbert Wrigley (Slim), our special digger friend.”

On the urging of her mother, Xanthoula began a correspondence with Slim that would lead to their marriage in Australia in 1951. Slim insisted on a Greek Orthodox wedding to honour his bride’s brave family and would learn Greek. They would soon by joined by two children and would be married for forty-five years, Slim passing away in 1995 aged 70.

For all these reasons, the story of Thessaloniki’s Dulag 183 and its inmates is one that should not be forgotten.

And those that survived and those that escaped – and their helpers – should be remembered and honoured.

Jim Claven is a published author and Monash University history graduate, holding a Master of Arts degree from that University. A former government adviser on Veterans Affairs, he is secretary of the Melbourne-based Lemnos Gallipoli Commemorative Committee, a member of the Melbourne Battle of Greece and Crete Commemorative Council and an honorary member of the Thessaloniki Association -The White Tower. He is currently researching the Anzac connections with Greece across both World Wars and developing associated commemorative travel trails in Greece.

A number of Allied soldiers married Greek women who they had met during the campaign or while on the run.

As far as I know, Slim is the only escaper from the Thessaloniki camp to have done so.

Conclusion Next time you visit Thessaloniki and are enjoying its waterfront, think then of the thousands of Allied prisoners of war brought there in 1941. They had fought valiantly alongside their Greek comrades, but in vain. Walk along to the waterfront to the military base opposite the Byz40 - Sister Cities Melbourne-Thessaloniki - 32nd Anniversary

Memorials to the missing, Phaleron War Cemetery, Athens.

Photo Jim Claven 2016.

ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑ ΣΗΜΑΙΝΕΙ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ Ιάκωβος Γαριβάλδης ΟΑΜ

Στο τεύχος Ιανουαρίου-Φεβρουαρίου 2009 του περιοδικού Archaeology δημοσιεύθηκε μια επιστολή κάποιου Matthew Brunwasser ο οποίος ούτε λίγο ούτε πολύ αμφισβητεί την Ελληνικότητα της Μακεδονίας και μάλιστα θέτει απαίτηση των Σκοπίων ότι «Modern Macedonia lays its claim to the ancient conqueror’s legacy». Απαντώντας στην επιστολή αυτή, την οποία βρίσκει εντελώς απαράδεκτη ο Stephen G. Miller, Επίτιμος Καθηγητής του Πανεπιστημίου Berkeley, Καλιφόρνια, ΗΠΑ, εξηγεί σε επιστολή του στο περιοδικό Archaeology, γιατί τα Σκόπια σε καμία περίπτωση δεν πρέπει να ονομάζονται Μακεδονία. Συγκεκριμένα, γράφει ο διάσημος Αμερικανός Καθηγητής προς τον Εκδότη του Archaeology: «Ανοίγοντας σήμερα το τεύχος Ιανουαρίου/ Φεβρουαρίου του περιοδικού Archaeology, ανέτρεξα με ενδιαφέρον στο «Γράμμα

από τη Μακεδονία», και διαπίστωσα ότι στην πραγματικότητα ήταν ένα γράμμα από την Παιονία – περιοχή βόρεια του όρους Βαρνούς και του όρους Όρβηλος. Η περιγραφή του Livy για τη δημιουργία της ρωμαϊκής επαρχίας της Μακεδονίας (45.29.7 και 12) κάνει σαφές ότι οι Παίονες ζούσαν βόρεια των εν λόγω βουνών, (τα οποία σήμερα αποτελούν γεωγραφικά τα φυσικά όρια της Ελλάδας) και νότια της Δαρδανίας, που σήμερα βρίσκεται το Κόσοβο. »Κατά το Στράβωνα (7.τμ.4) είναι ακόμη περισσότερο σαφές να λεχθεί, ότι η Παιονία βρισκόταν βόρεια της Μακεδονίας και η μόνη δίοδος από την μία στην άλλη περιοχή ήταν (και παραμένει σήμερα) η διάβαση μέσω του στενού περάσματος του Αξιού ποταμού (ή Βαρδάρη). Με άλλα λόγια η περιοχή την οποία περιγράφει ο Matthew Brunwasser στο άρθρο του “Owning Alexander”, ήταν στην αρχαιότητα η Παιονία.

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»Αν και είναι γεγονός ότι οι άνθρωποι εκείνοι υποτάχτηκαν στον Φίλιππο τον Β΄, πατέρα του Αλεξάνδρου το 359 π.Χ. (Διόδωρος Σικελός 16.4.2), δεν ήταν ποτέ Μακεδόνες και ποτέ δεν έζησαν στη Μακεδονία. Πραγματικά, ο Δημοσθένης (Ολυνθιακός 1.230), μας λέγει ότι είχαν σκλαβωθεί από τον Μακεδόνα Φίλιππο και σαφώς κατά συνέπεια δεν ήταν Μακεδόνες. Ο Ισοκράτης (5.23) σημειώνει τα ίδια. Ομοίως, για παράδειγμα, οι Αιγύπτιοι, οι οποίοι υποτάχτηκαν από τον Αλέξανδρο, ήταν υπό μακεδονική μεν διοίκηση, συμπεριλαμβανομένης και της Κλεοπάτρας, αλλά ποτέ δεν υπήρξαν οι ίδιοι Μακεδόνες και η Αίγυπτος ποτέ δεν ονομαζόταν Μακεδονία (και από όσα γνωρίζω δεν επιζητεί αυτή την ονομασία σήμερα). Παίονες έστω, Μακεδόνες ποτέ »Βεβαίως (συνεχίζει ο Καθηγητής), όπως μας λέει ο Θουκυδίδης (2.99), οι Μακεδόνες είχαν καταλάβει «μία στενή λωρίδα της Παιονίας, που εκτείνεται από το εσωτερικό μέχρι την Πέλλα και τη θάλασσα, κατά μήκος του Αξιού ποταμού. Θα ήταν ίσως κατανοητό εάν οι σημερινοί κάτοικοι της δημοκρατίας των Σκοπίων ονόμαζαν τους εαυτούς τους Παίονες και θεωρούσαν ότι τους ανήκει η περιοχή που περιγράφει ο Θουκυδίδης. Αλλά γιατί, αντίθετα, προσπαθούν οι σημερινοί κάτοικοι της αρχαίας Παιονίας να ονομάζονται Μακεδόνες και η περιοχή τους Μακεδονία; Τα Σκόπια διεκδικούν το ελληνικό έδαφος! »O κ. Brunwasser, αναφέρεται στους Ελληνικούς ισχυρισμούς, ότι η στάση αυτή αποτελεί «ένδειξη διεκδικήσεων Ελληνικών εδαφών» και επισημαίνει ότι «η βόρεια περιοχή της Ελλάδας, ονομάζεται επίσης Μακεδονία». Αφήνοντας κατά μέρος ότι αυτή η βόρεια περιοχή της Ελλάδας ονομάζεται συνεχώς Μακεδονία για περισσότερα από 2500 χρόνια, (βλέπε μεταξύ άλλων και Ηρόδοτος 5.17 – 7.128 και αλλού) η πλέον σύγχρονη Ιστορία καταδεικνύει ότι οι ελληνικές ανησυχίες είναι νόμιμες. Ενδεικτικά σημειώνεται ότι Χάρτης που εκτύπωσαν τα Σκόπια το 1992 (Εικόνα 1) δείχνει καθαρά την διεκδίκηση, ότι η Μακεδονία εκτείνεται από εκεί, μέχρι το όρος Όλυμπος, προς νότον, συγχωνεύοντας έτσι τις περιοχές της αρχαίας Παιονίας και Μακεδονίας σε μία ενότητα. Σκοπιανή Μακεδονία.

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»Η ίδια διεκδίκηση είναι διακριτή και σε χαρτονόμισμα τράπεζας της “Δημοκρατίας της Μακεδονίας”, που δείχνει ως ένα από τα Μνημεία της τον Λευκό Πύργο της Θεσσαλονίκης, που βρίσκεται στην Ελλάδα (Εικόνα 2). Υπάρχουν πολλά ακόμη παραδείγματα ημερολογίων, χριστουγεννιάτικων καρτών, αυτοκόλλητων για αυτοκίνητα κτλ, με τις ίδιες διεκδικήσεις. Σε ποια Μακεδονία πήγε ο Απόστολος Παύλος; »Ο κ. Brunwasser έχει επί πλέον αναδείξει συμφωνώντας, (International Herald Tribune 101-2008), εργασία του «Μακεδονικού Ινστιτούτου Στρατηγικών Ερευνών 16:9» που αναφέρεται στην Καινή Διαθήκη (16:9), κατά την οποία ένας Μακεδόνας παρουσιάστηκε στον Απόστολο Παύλο, παρακαλώντας τον «Έλα στη Μακεδονία να μας βοηθήσεις». Σε ποίες περιοχές της Μακεδονίας πήγε ο Απόστολος Παύλος; Πήγε στη Νεάπολη (Καβάλα), στους Φιλίππους, στην Αμφίπολη, στη Απολλωνία, στη Θεσσαλονίκη και στη Βέροια (Πράξεις 16:11-17:10). Όλες αυτές οι περιοχές αποτελούν την ιστορική Μακεδονία και καμία δεν βρίσκεται στην Παιονία. Τι είδους απαίτηση εγείρεται από ένα Ινστιτούτο των Σκοπίων, που αναφέρεται σε περιγραφή της αρχαίας Μακεδονίας και στη σημερινή περιοχή της σημερινής βόρειας Ελλάδας; “Η μεγάλη Φλώριδα” »Δεν ξέρω τι θα συμπεραίναμε, εάν ένα μεγάλο νησί κοντά στις νοτιοδυτικές ακτές των ΗΠΑ άρχιζε να αυτοαποκαλείται Φλώριδα και εμφάνιζε σε χαρτονομίσματά του εικόνες της από το Disney World, ενώ παράλληλα κυκλοφορούσε χάρτες που θα παρουσίαζαν τη “Μεγάλη Φλώριδα”! Η ιστορική Αμερικανική εγκύκλιος Στεττινιους 1944 »Σίγουρα δεν υπάρχει αμφιβολία για το τι είχε στο μυαλό του ο Υπουργός Εξωτερικών των ΗΠΑ Edward Stettinious, όταν στις 26 Δεκεμβρίου 1944 έγραφε [Πηγή: U.S. State Department, Foreign Relations vol viii, Washington, D.C., Circular Airgram (868.014/26Dec.1944)]: “Το Υπουργείο (Εξωτερικών) σημείωσε με σημαντικό ενδιαφέρον αυξανόμενες

προπαγανδιστικές διαδόσεις και ημιεπίσημες δηλώσεις υπέρ μιας αυτόνομης Μακεδονίας, που προέρχονται κυρίως από τη Βουλγαρία, αλλά επίσης και από Γιουγκοσλαβικές πηγές παρτιζάνων και άλλων, με την πρόθεση να συμπεριληφθούν και ελληνικές περιοχές στο υπό διαμόρφωση κράτος. Η Κυβέρνηση των ΗΠΑ θεωρεί τις συζητήσεις περί μακεδονικού «κράτους», Μακεδονικής «πατρίδας» ή Μακεδονικής «εθνικής συνειδήσεως» αδικαιολόγητη δημαγωγία που δεν αντιπροσωπεύει εθνική ή πολιτική πραγματικότητα και διαβλέπει με τη σημερινή της επανεμφάνιση σε μια πιθανή συγκάλυψη επιθετικών προθέσεων κατά της Ελλάδας.” Έλληνας ο Μέγας Αλέξανδρος και οι πρόγονοί του! »Ο κάτοικος Βουλγαρίας κ. Brunwasser αναφέρει στη συνεχεία (συνεχίζει πάντα στην Επιστολή του ο Καθηγητής), με έκδηλη καταφρόνηση, ότι η Ελλάδα ισχυρίζεται πως ο “Αλέξανδρος Γ΄, ο Μέγας Αλέξανδρος είναι …Έλληνας”. Αυτή η στάση με περιπλέκει. Τι “διεκδίκηση” υπάρχει; Ο προ-προ-πάππος του Αλεξάνδρου, ο Αλέξανδρος Α΄ είχε πιστοποιηθεί ως Έλληνας στην Ολυμπία και σύμφωνα με τα λεγόμενα του πατέρα της ιστορίας: “Συμβαίνει να γνωρίζω ότι [οι πρόγονοι του Αλεξάνδρου] είναι Έλληνες” (Ηρόδοτος 5.22). Ο πατέρας του Αλεξάνδρου, ο Φίλιππος, είχε νικήσει σε διάφορα ιππευτικά αθλήματα στην Ολυμπία και τους Δελφούς (Πλούταρχος, Αλέξανδρος 4.9; Ηθικά 105A), που αποτελούν τα πλέον Ελληνικά από όλα τα Ιερά της αρχαίας Ελλάδας, στα οποία δεν ήταν επιτρεπτή η συμμετοχή μη Ελλήνων σε αγώνες. Εάν ο Φίλιππος ήταν Έλληνας, δεν ήταν επίσης και ο γιός του Αλέξανδρος Έλληνας;

»Γραμμένα με ελληνικά γράμματα, 2.300 χρόνια πριν, πιστοποιούν αδιαμφισβήτητα την ελληνικότητα των Μακεδόνων και της Μακεδονίας, που με τον Αλέξανδρο τον Α΄ έσωσε στις Πλαταιές την Ελλάδα, με τον Φίλιππο ετοίμασε το όραμα και το στράτευμα και με τον Αλέξανδρο Γ΄ τον Μέγα, πέτυχε την κατάλυση της απέραντης και πανίσχυρης Περσικής Αυτοκρατορίας, στο όνομα όλων των Ελλήνων. Στα ελληνικά τα έργα Ευριπίδη για τους Μακεδόνες »Ο Ευριπίδης, ο οποίος πέθανε και ετάφη στη Μακεδονία (Θουκυδίδης apud Pal. Anth. 7.45; Παυσανίας 1.2.2; Διόδωρος ο Σικελός 13.103), έγραψε το έργο Αρχέλαος, προς τιμή τού προγόνου του Αλεξάνδρου, στη Σλαβική γλώσσα; Όταν έγραψε τις Βάκχες, ευρισκόμενος στην Αυλή του Αρχέλαου, δεν το έγραψε στα Ελληνικά, όπως έχει διασωθεί μέχρι τις ημέρες μας; Μήπως πρέπει να υποθέσουμε ότι ο Ευριπίδης ήταν «Μακεδόνας», που έγραφε στα Σλαβικά (σε μια εποχή που αυτή η γλώσσα δεν υπήρχε) και μετά τα έργα του μεταφράστηκαν στα Ελληνικά; Σε ποια γλώσσα δίδασκε ο Αριστοτέλης τον Αλέξανδρο; »Ποια ήταν η γλώσσα στην οποία ο Αριστοτέλης δίδασκε τον Αλέξανδρο; Ποια γλώσσα μετέφερε ο Αλέξανδρος στις εκστρατείες του στην Ανατολή; Γιατί έχουμε σήμερα αρχαίες επιγραφές στην Ελληνική, σε πόλεις που ίδρυσε ο Αλέξανδρος, φθάνοντας μέχρι το Αφγανιστάν, και όχι στη Σλαβική; Γιατί η Ελληνική επικράτησε παντού στην Αυτοκρατορία του Αλεξάνδρου, εάν αυτός ήταν πραγματικά όχι Έλληνας αλλά “Μακεδόνας”; Sister Cities Melbourne-Thessaloniki - 32nd Anniversary - 43

Μακεδονία, δεν είναι μόνο μη καλοδεχούμενη, αλλά αποτελεί παροχή κακών υπηρεσιών προς τους αναγνώστες του περιοδικού Archaeology, οι οποίοι φαντάζομαι ότι ενδιαφέρονται για ιστορικές αλήθειες. Αλλά τότε, η απόφαση εκ μέρους του περιοδικού Archaeology – ενός εντύπου του Αρχαιολογικού Ινστιτούτου των ΗΠΑ – για την διάδοση αυτής της ιστορικής ανοησίας, αποτελεί εγχείρημα σε βάρος της αξιοπιστίας του. Μακεδονία ήταν μονάχα ΜΙΑ »Ας λεχθεί ακόμη μία φορά: Η περιοχή της αρχαίας Παιονίας, ήταν μέρος της Μακεδονικής Αυτοκρατορίας, όπως ήταν επίσης η Έφεσος, η Τύρος, η Παλαιστίνη, η Μέμφις, η Βαβυλώνα, τα Τάξιλα και δωδεκάδες ακόμη. Όλες αυτές είχαν γίνει «Μακεδονικές» για μία περίοδο, αλλά καμία από αυτές δεν ήταν ποτέ η «Μακεδονία». “Μακεδονία” σημαίνει ελληνική περιοχή

(σ.σ. εν. εθνικά “Μακεδόνας”) Γιατί η Καινή Διαθήκη γράφτηκε στην Ελληνική και όχι στη Σλαβική; Ο Αλέξανδρος δεν θα μπορούσε να διαβάσει σλαβικά »Στη σελίδα 57 της αποκαλούμενης «Επιστολής από τη Μακεδονία», υπάρχει φωτογραφία του συγγραφέα, που στέκεται μπροστά από “μπρούτζινο άγαλμα του Μεγάλου Αλεξάνδρου στην πόλη Πριλέπ”. Το άγαλμα είναι έκδηλα σύγχρονης κατασκευής, αλλά το ερώτημα είναι εάν Αλέξανδρος θα μπορούσε να διαβάσει την επιγραφή που φέρει στη Σλαβική γλώσσα, κάτω από τα πόδια του. Με την δεδομένη ιστορικά μεταγενέστερη ανάπτυξη της Σλαβικής σε σχέση με την Ελληνική γλώσσα, η απάντηση είναι προφανής. “Ιστορικές ανοησίες” Του Matthew Brunwasser »Παρά το ότι είναι καλοδεχούμενη η αναφορά του κ. Brunwasser σε αρχαιολογικά θέματα της Παιονίας, η εκ μέρους του υιοθέτηση και η προβολή συγχρόνων πολιτικών επιδιώξεων των κατοίκων της ως προς την χρήση της ονομασίας 44 - Sister Cities Melbourne-Thessaloniki - 32nd Anniversary

»Ας μου επιτραπεί να περατώσω αυτή τη επεξήγηση κάνοντας μία πρόταση, για την επίλυση του ερωτήματος της σύγχρονης χρήσεως της ονομασίας «Μακεδονία». Η Ελλάδα πρέπει να προσαρτήσει την Παιονία, όπως έκανε ο Φίλιππος Β΄ το 359 π.Χ. Αυτό θα φαινόταν αποδεκτό από τους σύγχρονους κατοίκους της εν λόγω περιοχής, δεδομένου ότι ισχυρίζονται πως είναι Ελληνική, ενστερνιζόμενοι το όνομα της Μακεδονίας και του πλέον διάσημου τέκνου της. Τότε οι σύγχρονοι κάτοικοι αυτής της νέας Ελληνικής περιοχής, θα μπορούσαν να ασχοληθούν να μάθουν, να μιλούν και να γράφουν Ελληνικά, ας ελπίσουμε τόσο καλά, όσο τα ήξερε και ο Μέγας Αλέξανδρος. »

Σημείωση: Παρότι η επιστολή γράφτηκε πριν από δέκα χρόνια, άξιζε να διαβαστεί λόγω των ιστορικών κριτηρίων, αναμφισβήτητου κύρους και αξίας περί της ελληνικότητας της Μακεδονίας. Ειλικρινώς, Stephen G. Miller, Επίτιμος Καθηγητής του Πανεπιστημίου Berkeley, Καλιφόρνια, ΗΠΑ Μετάφραση από το Αγγλικό Ιάκωβος Γαριβάλδης ΟΑΜ To αξιοθαύμαστο βιογραφικό του καθηγητού Stephen G. Miller θα το βρείτε σ’ αυτή τη διεύθυνση του Πανεπιστημίου Berkeley: http://www.classics.berkeley. edu/sites/default/files/faculty/cv/sgm.html

Πληθυσμός της Μακεδονίας ανά τους αιώνες O Χάρτης που συμπεριλαμβάνεται πιο πάνω είναι χάρτης του 1849 που ελήφθη από τη Βιβλιοθήκη του Πανεπιστημίου του Τέξας και δείχνει την περιοχή της Μακεδονίας και Παιονίας. Πέραν όμως των αποδείξεων του καθηγητού Miller έχουμε να δηλώσουμε και τα εξής:

Βουλγαρόφωνων κατά τον Μακεδονικό Αγώνα εναντίον των Ελλήνων, καθώς και την προπαγάνδα τους που άρχισε με την ανατολή του 20ου αι. Τα γεγονότα γνωρίζουμε από τις εφημερίδες της εποχής ΕΜΠΡΟΣ, ΣΚΡΙΠ, ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑ κ.ά. Έτσι αντιλαμβανόμαστε τη δική τους ιστορία παραπληροφόρησης, προπαγάνδας και σκοταδισμού.

Η Μακεδονία ήταν και θα είναι πάντα Ελληνική εφόσον το μεγαλύτερο μέρος του πληθυσμού της ήταν πάντοτε στην ιστορία της Ελληνικής καταγωγής. Ακόμη και στην απογραφή των Τούρκων στις αρχές του 20ου αιώνα φαινόταν ότι οι Έλληνες υπερτερούσαν κατά μεγάλο αριθμό των Βουλγαρόφωνων στο Μοναστήρι και στη Θεσσαλονίκη, τα δυο μεγάλα βιλαέτια της Μακεδονίας, όπως και σε όλη την περιοχή της.

Το απόκομμα της εφημ. ΣΚΡΙΠ εδώ είναι από την έκδοση της εφημ. στις 5 Νοεμβρίου 1913.

Αυτή η εικόνα είναι από την Αμερικανική εφημερίδα Bisbee Daily Review, 11/10/1903, σελίδα 11. Όσο για τους Μουσουλμάνους που αναφέρονται στην απογραφή τους, έχουμε να πούμε τα εξής: (α) ως Μουσουλμάνοι στους αριθμούς συμπεριέλαβαν και εξισλαμισθέντες Έλληνες και Βουλγάρους που από φόβο για τη ζωή τους δήλωναν Μουσουλμάνοι εφόσον η απογραφή αυτή έγινε εν καιρώ Τουρκικής κατοχής της Μακεδονίας και (β) ότι οι περισσότεροι εξ αυτών των Τούρκων έφυγαν με την ανταλλαγή πληθυσμού από το χώρο.

Πέραν τούτων των αδιάσειστων στοιχείων Τούρκων και Ελλήνων και η αμερικανική εφημερίδα Washington Times, στις 13 Σεπτεμβρίου 1903 αναφέροντας τ’ ανδραγαθήματα των Βουλγάρων κατά των Ελλήνων κατοίκων της Μακεδονίας, συν τοις άλλοις μιλάει για τον πληθυσμό της περιοχής και τα εκπαιδευτήρια όπου υπήρχαν 55,633 ελληνόγλωσσοι μαθητές σχολείων ενώ υπήρχαν 19,443 βουλγαρόφωνοι μαθητές. Και γνωρίζουμε επίσης τις απειλές, τις δολοφονίες, τους ακρωτηριασμούς και τις καταστροφές κατά του Ελληνικού πληθυσμού από τα Εξαρχικά Βουλγαρικά κομιτάτα. Διαβάστε λοιπόν οι Αγγλόφωνοι την αμερικανική εφημερίδα του 1903… που τα εξιστορεί.

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Στα πλαίσια του φορολογικού προγραμματισμού του το Οθωμανικό κράτος κυρίως στα τελευταία χρόνια της αυτοκρατορίας 1882-93, προέβη στην απογραφή του πληθυσμού προκειμένου να διαπιστώσει τις οικονομικές του δυνατότητες. Η πρώτη οργανωμένη απογραφή πληθυσμού έγινε από τον σουλτάνο Mahmud II μεταξύ των ετών 1830-1838 και περιέλαβε δέκα εγιαλέτια. Στη συγκεκριμένη απογραφή καταγράφηκε μόνο ο ανδρικός πληθυσμός. Στις επόμενες απογραφές μετά το τανζιμάτ, γινόταν απογραφή του συνολικού πληθυσμού συμπεριλαμβανομένων και των γυναικών. Τα αποτελέσματα της απογραφής του 1881/82 στο σαντζάκι της Θεσσαλονίκης θα παρακολουθήσουμε παρακάτω. Το 1881 το σαντζάκι της Θεσσαλονίκης αποτελούνταν από τους εξής καζάδες: Θεσσαλονίκης (Selanik), Κατερίνης (Κatrin), Κασσάνδρας (Kesendire), Δοϊράνης (Toyran), Βέροιας (Karaferye), Στρώμνιτσας (Usturumca), Κιοπρουλού (Köprülü), Λαγκαδά (Langaza), Γευγελής (Gevgili), Αγίου Όρους (Aynaroz), Γυναικόκαστρου (Avret Hisar), Βοδενών-Έδεσσας (Vodine), Yenice.

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Στον καζά της Κασσάνδρας καταγράφηκαν 14361 γυναίκες και 16006 άνδρες χριστιανοί, 2482 άνδρες και 1856 γυναίκες μουσουλμάνοι. Σύνολο 34836 κάτοικοι. Στον καζά του Αγίου Όρους καταγράφηκαν 4195 Έλληνες, 2251 Σλάβοι και 57 μουσουλμάνοι. Ο καζάς Λαγκαδά είχε πληθυσμό 50707 κατοίκους. Ο καζάς Κατερίνης 24092 κατοίκους. Ο καζάς Βέροιας 25034 κατοίκους. Ο καζάς Γυναικόκαστρου (Aβρέτχισάρ-Κιλκίς) 40929 κατοίκους. Ο καζάς Δοϊράνης 27170 κατοίκους. Ο καζάς Έδεσσας 33113 κατοίκους. Ο παραπάνω πίνακας περιλαμβάνει την απογραφή του 1881/3 εμπλουτισμένη με στοιχεία της απογραφής του 1893 Η Θεσσαλονίκη (Selanik) στο κέντρο το 188293 αποτελούνταν από περίπου 19 χιλιάδες Έλληνες, 17 χιλιάδες Εβραίους, 15 χιλιάδες μουσουλμάνους και έναν μικρό αριθμό Βουλγάρων και άλλων φυλών (στοιχεία του D.

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Panza, Population et sante dans l’empire ottoman.1996). To βιβλίο του Πάνζα στη Γαλλική θα το βρείτε στο Amazon. Οι Σέρρες (Siroz) είχαν περίπου 16 χιλιάδες

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A Ride to Raise Money for Dementia Join Mathew on his journey as he attempts to raise money to support his PhD research, which will result in the development of new tests to accurately detect dementia and provide culturally appropriate treatment options for the ageing Greek Australian community. Mathew works as clinical neuropsychologist and holds a position as a psychology-teaching associate at Monash University. He is currently in the process of completing his PhD at Monash University, in conjunction with their academic partner, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Current estimates indicate that by the year 2050, approximately 942,624 of Australia’s elders are expected to suffer from a cognitive disorder, such as dementia. At the same time, the numbers of people from migrant background who have dementia will increase from 35,549 to 119,582. Approximately 250,000 Greeks arrived in Australia between the 1940s and 1980s. Sixty years later, these first generation migrants constitute a significant proportion of the Australia’s ageing migrant community that are at high risk of developing cognitive illnesses, such as dementia.

At present, tests used to assess and diagnose diseases within migrant communities are 2-3 times more likely to result in misdiagnosis. This is because a majority of these tests have been developed in the United States or Australia, using samples of highly educated English speaking individuals and do not take cultural factors into account. Mathew’s PhD will result in the development of 20 new tests for specific use within the Greek Australian community to accurately diagnose diseases that are observed in the ageing process (such as dementia), provide treatment options to disease sufferers and support their family members through this process.

As part of his efforts to raise money for this very under resourced area of study, Mathew will be riding from Melbourne to Canberra over a period of eight days (approximately 750km), with his support team, to raise money for his PhD research. The goal is to raise $75,000 to sustain this project for a period of three years. Mathew will set off on his ride from Melbourne on the 27th of November, during the opening ceremony of The Thessaloniki Association “White Tower” 31st Sister-Cities festival and arrive at the Greek Embassy in Canberra on the 5th of December, where he will be greeted with a welcoming reception organised by Federal MP, Ms Maria Vamvakinou. While in Canberra, Mathew will act as an advocate on behalf of the ageing Greek Australian community and increase awareness in the area of multicultural healthcare issues.

For those wishing to donate to this cause or find out more about Mathew’s PhD research, please visit www.i-remember.com.au.

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Παράρτημα Α Η Ενωση Θεσσαλονικέων, «Ο Λευκός Πύργος» με περηφάνια υποστηρίζει τον κο Mathew Staios στη προσπάθειά του να συγκεντρώσει χρήματα, για την έρευνα και θεραπεία των ηλικιωμένων ατόμων της Ελληνο-Αυστραλιανής κοινότητας που πάσχουν από τη νόσο Alzheimer. Ο Mathew είναι κλινικός Νευροψυχολόγος με έδρα διδασκαλίας στο πανεπιστήμιο του Monash. Επί του παρόντος βρίσκεται στη διαδικασία ολοκλήρωσης του διδακτορικού του στο πανεπιστήμιο του Monash και με την ακαδημαϊκή συνεργασία του Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης. Το διδακτορικό του Mathew θα συμβάλλει στη δημιουργία μιας εκτεταμένης και λεπτομερούς διάγνωσης ασθενειών που παρατηρούνται στη τρίτη ηλικία (όπως π.χ. γεροντική άνοια), θεραπεία στα άτομα που υποφέρουν και ψυχολογική υποστήριξη στις οικογένειες τους. Οι παρούσες διαδικασίες εξέτασης είναι λανθασμένες και πολλές φορές οδηγούν σε λάθος διάγνωση. Ο Mathew ελπίζει να ιδρύσει μια εξειδικευμένη κλινική για τη τρίτη ηλικία της Ελληνο-Αυστραλιανής κοινότητας για να εξασφαλίσει τη καλύτερη δυνατή νοσηλεία και αποθεραπεία της γεροντικής άνοιας. Ενα μέρος της προσπάθειας αυτής είναι διαδρομή Μελβούρνη - Καμπέρα όπου θα διανύσει περίπου 750 χλμ. σε διάρκεια 8 ημερών, και με την υποστηρικτική του ομάδα θα συγκεντρώσει χρήματα για τη καταπολέμηση της νόσου Alzheimer στην Αυστραλία. Ο Mathew θα ξεκινήσει με το ποδήλατο τη Κυριακή 27 Νοεμβρίου, κατά τη διάρκεια της τελετής έναρξης, της Ένωσης Θεσσαλονικέων «Ο Λευκός Πύργος», για τη 32η Επέτειο Αδελφοποίησης των δύο πόλεων, και θα φτάσει στη Βουλή της Καμπέρας όπου θα τον υποδεχθεί με ομιλία της η Ομοσπονδιακή Βουλευτής κα Μαρία Βαμβακινού. Κατά τη παραμονή του στη Καμπέρα, ο Mathew θα φροντίσει για λογαριασμό των ηλικιωμένων της Ελληνο-Αυστραλιανής κοινότητας και την ευαισθητοποίηση στα πολυπολιτισμικά θέματα υγείας.

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City of Melbourne is a proud partner of the 2016 Melbourne Thessaloniki Sister City Festival

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439 High Street, Northcote, Vic 3070 - ABN 561 7701 3691 Web: http://thessaloniki.org.au Email: events@thessaloniki.org.au

Events Program 2016 THESSALONIKI ASSOCIATION “THE WHITE TOWER”

32nd Anniversary Sister-City Relationship MELBOURNE - THESSALONIKI Date

Details

Sunday 13 November 2016 3.00 pm

Anzac Tribute "To Hell and Back - Anzac POW's, Escapers, their Greek Helpers and the Thessaloniki POW Camp during the Second World War" A keynote Address given by Historian Jim Claven. Jim is the Secretary of the Lemnos Gallipoli Commemorative Committee, Member, Battle of Crete and the Greek Campaign Commemorative Council (Australia) and an Honorary Member of our Association.

This Tribute is presented in association with the Battle of Crete and the Greek Campaign Commemorative Council (Australia)

Sunday 6 November 2016 3.00 pm

Art Exhibition Three prominent artists will be showcasing their works at this year’s Art Exhibition. They are Mary Kalaitzis, John Papageorgiou and Paraskevas Mavrianos.

At the club rooms – 439 high Street Northcote Vic 3070.

Entry is free and refreshments will be served.

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and the Greek Community of Melbourne.

Greek Community Centre 168 Lonsdale Street Melbourne Vic 3000 Entry is free and refreshments will be served.

Sunday 20 November 2016 3.00 pm

Keynote Address – Asia Minor A keynote address given by Dr Vasilis Sarafidis who is currently the Assistant Professor of Econometrics at Monash University & a member of the board of the Australian Institute for Macedonian Studies.

This event is presented in association with the Hellenic Women’s Cultural Association - Estia and the Greek Community of Melbourne.

Greek Community Centre 168 Lonsdale Street Melbourne Vic 3000 Entry is free and refreshments will be served.

Saturday 26 November 2016 7.30 pm

Annual Dinner Dance Following last year’s success, our Dinner Dance this year, will again be held at Normanby House Reception.

Come and join us and our VIPs from both Greece and Australia, at this year’s celebrations and dance the night away, with our hosts Tony and Christina Tsoundalakis and enjoy the gastronomical delights of Normanby House Reception.

22-24 Normanby Avenue Thornbury Vic 3071.

Please contact our Secretary or the event coordinator Niki Koukoula on 0417 578 492 for tickets.

Sunday 27 November 2016 12.00 noon

Federation Square Festival The Association’s Festival this year will again feature artists, musicians and dancers from Greece and Australia and will also include many more stalls. The Festival will be presented not only to honour our beloved Thessaloniki but also to highlight the beauty of Melbourne, the city which we have chosen to call home.

The Festivities will commence in the centre of Melbourne (city square), with a parade of musicians and dancers who will sing, dance and entertain the crowds along the route to Federation Square.

When these groups reach Federation Square, they will entertain the crowd by performing on the main stage. These entertainers as well as many more artistic and cultural groups will showcase the rich culture and traditions that Greece is renowned for.

Official guests from both Greece and Australia will speak at the Festival.

A detailed program will be released closer to the day.

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The Festival is presented with the support of the City of Melbourne, the City of Thessaloniki, the Minister for Multicultural Affairs and the Victorian Multicultural Commission. Our major commercial sponsor this year is the Delphi Bank and our support sponsors are Neos Kosmos, the Greek Media Group: Ta Nea and Radio 3XY. Our Association is proud to support Mr Mathew Satios’ efforts to raise money for research into providing treatment options for individuals suffering from Alzheimer’s disease within the ageing Greek-Australian community. Mathew will be riding from Melbourne to Canberra, starting on the day of the 32nd Sister-Cities Festival at Federation Square over a period of eight days (approximately 750km) with his support team to raise money for the ageing Greek-Australian community on behalf of Alzheimer’s Australia.

Federation Square Corner Swanston & Flinders Streets Melbourne Vic 3000.

Free event.

Sunday 4 December 2016 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm

Annual General Meeting The Annual General Meeting of the Thessaloniki Association “The White Tower” will be held today.

At the club rooms – 439 high Street Northcote Vic 3070.

Entry is free and refreshments will be served.

Sunday 4 December 2016 4.15 pm

Keynote Address Mr Spyros Korosidis will be speaking on “The contribution of the Macedonians in the 1821 Revolution”.

At the club rooms – 439 high Street Northcote Vic 3070.

Entry is free and refreshments will be served.

The Thessaloniki Association “The White Tower” is proud to support Mr Mathew Satios’ efforts to raise money for research into providing treatment options for individuals suffering from Alzheimer’s disease within the ageing Greek-Australian community.

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SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS OF THE PROGRAM OF EVENTS Major sponsors of the Program of Events are the City of Melbourne, the City of Thessaloniki, the Victorian Multicultural Commission, the Victorian Government, the Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace in Thessaloniki and our major commercial sponsor is the Delphi Bank in Australia.

Supporters of the Program of Events are the Greek Community of Melbourne, Hellenic Writers’ Association, Greek-Australian Cultural League of Melbourne, Diasporic Literature Spot, Neos Kosmos and the Greek Media Group: Radio 3XY and Ta Nea.

MORE INFORMATION We would like to encourage all our members to participate in all the activities mentioned above in the Program of Events that our Association is organising. We would also like to advise our members and the general public to use public transport to come to the events as parking is very limited as well as expensive. It is also a way in which the Association complies with the city’s environmental policy. After each event, we would encourage our members to fill out a survey form which can be accessed by visiting our website – http://thessaloniki.org.au. This feedback, which could be positive or otherwise, will assist our organisation in developing bigger and better activities and events in the future.

For further information please contact our Association at – events@thessaloniki.org.au or by ringing the event co-ordinators Niki Koukoula on 0417 578492 or Vicki Sagiakou on 0431 198382 as well as our Public Relations Officer Iakovos Garivaldis on 0413 057426.

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MELBOURNE—THESSALONIKI

32nd Sister Sister--Cities Art Exhibition !

Melbourne Thessaloniki Sister Cities Μελβούρνη Θεσσαλονίκη Αδελφοποιημένες Πόλεις

November 6, 2016 from 3:00pm 439 High Street, Northcote Vic 3070

Three prominent artists will be showcasing their works at this year’s Art Exhibition.  Mary Kalaitzis  John Papageorgiou  Paraskevas Mavrianos

Entry is free and refreshments will be served! http://thessaloniki.org.au

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To Hell and Back Prisoners, escapers and their helpers in Thessaloniki’s WW2 POW Camp

by Jim Claven

ANZAC Tribute

Sunday 13th November 2016, 168 Lonsdale Street Melbourne at 3.00 pm

This presentation will tell the story of Allied prisoners of war in Greece and Crete, focusing on the main POW transit camp at Thessaloniki - Dulag 183 - to which almost all Allied prisoners were transported from the various temporary camps to which they were allocated on capture. The camp held thousands of prisoners, in terrible and inhumane conditions. Yet many escaped - from the camp itself or on the train journey north to other camps in Germany. And they would be helped and protected by the brave local Greek population - at great risks to themselves. It is a story of capture, of terrible privation and captivity, of bravery, escape and freedom.

Jim Claven is a published author and Monash University history graduate, holding a Master of Arts degree from that University. A former government adviser on Veteran Affairs, he is secretary of the Melbourne-based Lemnos Gallipoli Commemorative Committee, a member of the Battle of Crete and the Greek Campaign Commemorative Council and honorary member of the Thessaloniki Association “The White Tower”. He is currently researching the ANZAC connections with Greece across both World Wars and developing associated commemorative travel trails in Greece.

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MELBOURNE—THESSALONIKI

“Asia Minor” Keynote Address

Melbourne Thessaloniki Sister Cities Μελβούρνη Θεσσαλονίκη Αδελφοποιημένες Πόλεις

November 20, 2016 at 3:00pm 168 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Vic 3000

A keynote address by Dr Vasilis Sarafidis, Assistant Prof of Econometrics at Monash University & Member of the board of the Australian Institute for Macedonian Studies.

Event presented in association with the Hellenic Women’s Cultural Association – Estia and the Greek Community of Melbourne Entry is free ! http://thessaloniki.org.au

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MELBOURNE—THESSALONIKI

32nd Sister Sister--Cities Gala Dinner!!

November 26, 2016 from 07:30pm till late Normandy House

22 Normanby Ave, Thornbury VIC 3071 Traditional dancing, live music, traditional Greek food the way only Thessalonians know how !!

Let’s make Thessaloniki proud of our support to tradition.

Tickets: $75 adult, $55 concession

All welcome !!

For tickets call Penny 0406 545 675 or Paul 0418 353 086

Come Dancing with us on the 32nd Anniversary…! http://thessaloniki.org.au

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Melbourne Thessaloniki Sister Cities Μελβούρνη Θεσσαλονίκη Αδελφοποιημένες Πόλεις

MELBOURNE—THESSALONIKI

32nd Sister Sister-Cities Festival

Melbourne Thessaloniki Sister Cities Μελβούρνη Θεσσαλονίκη Αδελφοποιημένες Πόλεις

November 27, 2016 from 12:00pm to 8:00pm Federation Square

Melbourne, Vic Traditional dancing, live music, traditional Greek food !!

Gifting of "The White Tower" to the City of Melbourne.

Mathew Staios run to Canberra for Alzheimers Disease.

Children’s competition, public transport user giveaways !!

Festival starts from the Melbourne Town Hall by dancing along Swanston Street, showcasing Greek cultural as well as a musical tradition. Join us as part of the general public.

All welcome VIP Speeches at 4:00pm Come Sailing with us on the 32nd Anniversary…!

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MELBOURNE—THESSALONIKI Melbourne Thessaloniki Sister Cities Μελβούρνη Θεσσαλονίκη Αδελφοποιημένες Πόλεις

“Greek Revolution 1821 ” Keynote Address December 4, 2016 at 4:15pm 439 High Street, Northcote, Vic 3070

A keynote address in Greek by Mr Spyros Korosidis about the involvement of Macedonians in the Greek Revolution.

Entry is free ! http://thessaloniki.org.au

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439 High Street, Northcote, VIC 3070 - ABN 561 7701 3691 Web: http://thessaloniki.org.au Email: events@thessaloniki.org.au

Πρόγραμμα Εκδηλώσεων 2016 ΕΝΩΣΗ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ “Ο ΛΕΥΚΟΣ ΠΥΡΓΟΣ”

32η Επέτειος Αδελφοποίησης Πόλεων ΜΕΛΒΟΥΡΝΗ - ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ Ημερομηνία

Λεπτομέρειες

Κυριακή 6 Νοεμβρίου 2016

ΕΚΘΕΣΗ ΖΩΓΡΑΦΙΚΗΣ

3.00 μμ

Οι διακεκριμένοι καλλιτέχνες Mαίρη Καλαϊτζή, Γιάννης Παπαγεωργίου και Παρασκευάς Μαυριανός, θα παρουσιάσουν τα έργα τους στη φετινή έκθεση Τέχνης και Ζωγραφικής, στα γραφεία της Ένωσης: 439 High Street, Northcote VIC 3070. Η είσοδος είναι ελεύθερη και θα προσφερθούν αναψυκτικά.

Κυριακή 13 Νοεμβρίου 2016 3.00 μμ

Αφιέρωμα ANZAC DAY "To Hell and Back - Anzac POW's, Escapers, their Greek Helpers and the Thessaloniki POW Camp during the Second World War" Η κεντρική ομιλία θα γίνει από τον ιστορικό Jim Claven Γραμματέα της Επιτροπής του Lemnos Gallipoli Commemorative Committee, Μέλος του Battle of Crete και του Greek Campaign Commemorative Council (Australia) και επίτιμο μέλος της Ένωσής μας. Αυτό το αφιέρωμα παρουσιάζεται σε συνεργασία με το Συμβούλιο Battle of Crete και το Greek Campaign Commemorative Council (Australia) και της Ελληνικής Κοινότητας της Μελβούρνης στο: 168 Lonsdale Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Η είσοδος είναι ελεύθερη και θα προσφερθούν αναψυκτικά.

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Κυριακή 20 Νοεμβρίου 2016 3.00 μμ

Κεντρική Ομιλία – Asia Minor Η κεντρική ομιλία θα γίνει από τον Δρ Βασίλη Σαραφίδη ο οποίος είναι βοηθός καθηγητής Οικονομετρίας στο Πανεπιστήμιο Monash και μέλος του Συμβουλίου του Αυστραλιανού Ινστιτούτου Μακεδονικών Σπουδών. Το αφιέρωμα αυτό γίνεται σε συνεργασία με την Ελληνική Γυναικεία Οργάνωση «Εστία» και την Ελληνική Κοινότητα Μελβούρνης στο Κέντρο της Ελληνικής Κοινότητας: 168 Lonsdale Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Η είσοδος είναι ελεύθερη και θα προσφερθούν αναψυκτικά.

Σάββατο 26 Νοεμβρίου 2016 7.30 μμ

Ετήσιος Χορός Μετά από τη περυσινή επιτυχία και φέτος ο χορός μας θα γίνει στο Normanby House Reception. Σας καλούμε να συμμετέχετε μαζί μας και με τους επίσημους προσκεκλημένους από Ελλάδα και Αυστραλία αντίστοιχα, σε μια βραδιά χαράς και κεφιού. Οι οικοδεσπότες Τόνυ και Χριστίνα Τσουρδαλάκης θα φροντίσουν να απολαύσετε τη γαστρονομική κουζίνα του Normanby House Reception.

22-24 Normanby Avenue Thornbury VIC 3071. Για περισσότερες πληροφορίες και εισιτήρια παρακαλούμε επικοινωνήστε με τη κα Νίκη Κούκουλα στο 0417 578 492.

Κυριακή 27 Νοεμβρίου 2016 12.00 μμ

Federation Square Festival Το Φεστιβάλ της Ένωσης και φέτος που θα παρουσιάσει καλλιτέχνες, μουσικούς και χορευτές από Ελλάδα και Αυστραλία με πολλά υπαίθρια περίπτερα, πρόκειται να έχει μεγάλη επιτυχία. Το Φεστιβάλ γίνεται όχι μόνο για να τιμήσουμε την αγαπημένη μας Θεσσαλονίκη αλλά και για να τονίσουμε την ομορφιά της Μελβούρνης, τη πόλη που επιλέξαμε να κάνουμε σπίτι μας. Οι γιορτινές εκδηλώσεις θα ξεκινήσουν στο κέντρο της Μελβούρνης (city square), με παρέλαση μουσικών και χορευτών που θα τραγουδούν, χορεύουν και διασκεδάζουν το κόσμο κατά μήκος της διαδρομής προς τo Federation Square. Όταν φτάσουν στο Federation Square, θα διασκεδάσουν το κόσμο με παραστάσεις στη κεντρική σκηνή. Παραστάσεις μέσα από τις οποίες θα αναδειχθούν οι πλούσιες και φημισμένες παραδόσεις για τις οποίες είναι γνωστή η Ελλάδα. Θα ακολουθήσουν ομιλίες από επίσιμους προσκεκλημένους από Ελλάδα και Αυστραλία. Θα διατεθεί αναλυτικό πρόγραμμα εγκαίρως. Το Festival παρουσιάζεται με την υποστήριξη του Δήμου Μελβούρνης, του Δήμου Θεσσαλονίκης, του Υπουργού Multicultural Affairs και του Victorian Multicultural Commission. Ο κύριος εμπορικός χορηγός φέτος είναι η Delphi Bank και χορηγοί υποστήριξης είναι η εφημερίδα ΝΕΟΣ ΚΟΣΜΟΣ, και τα Ελληνικά Μέσα Ενημέρωσης: ΤΑ ΝΕΑ και ο ραδιοφωνικός σταθμός Radio 3XY.

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Η Ένωση Θεσσαλονικέων, με περηφάνια υποστηρίζει τον κο Mathew Staios στη προσπάθειά του να συγκεντρώσει χρήματα, για την έρευνα και θεραπεία των ηλικιωμένων ατόμων της Ελληνο-Αυστραλιανής κοινότητας που πάσχουν από τη νόσο Alzheimer. Από το Federation Square που θα ξεκινήσει ο Mathew θα διανύσει περίπου 750 χλμ. και θα διαρκέσει 8 μέρες όπου με την υποστηρικτική ομάδα του θα συγκεντρώσει χρήματα για τη καταπολέμηση της νόσου Alzheimer. Ο Mathew ξεκινάει τη διαδρομή Μελβούρνη-Καμπέρα με ποδήλατο την ημέρα του Φεστιβάλ για την 32η επέτειο αδελφοποίησης των πόλεων Θεσσαλονίκης-Μελβούρνης στην Αυστραλία.

Federation Square: Corner Swanston & Flinders Streets, Melbourne VIC 3000. Είσοδος Ελεύθερη. Κυριακή 4 Δεκεμβρίου 2016 2.00 μμ – 4.00 μμ

Ετήσια Γενική Συνέλευση Η Ετήσια Γενική Συνέλευση του Συλλόγου Θεσσαλονικέων “Ο Λευκός Πύργος” θα πραγματοποιηθεί στα γραφεία του Συλλόγου: 439 High Street, Northcote VIC 3070. Η είσοδος είναι ελεύθερη και θα προσφερθούν αναψυκτικά.

Κυριακή 4 Δεκεμβρίου 2016 4.15 μμ

Κύρια Ομιλία Ο κύριος Σπύρος Κοροσίδης θα μιλήσει για την “Προσφορά των Μακεδόνων στην Επανάσταση του 1821” στα γραφεία του Συλλόγου: 439 High Street, Northcote VIC 3070. Η είσοδος είναι ελεύθερη και θα προσφερθούν αναψυκτικά.

Απρίλιος 2017

Μέγας Αλέξανδρος Ρόκ Όπερα Μια θεατρική παρουσίαση της παραγωγής του Κρατικού Θεάτρου Βορείου Ελλάδος σε σκηνοθεσία του Κωνσταντίνου Αθυρίδη αποτελούμενη από 26 ηθοποιούς, χορευτές και μουσικούς που θα ταξιδέψουν από την Ελλάδα.

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ΠΡΟΣΘΕΤΕΣ ΠΛΗΡΟΦΟΡΙΕΣ Θα θέλαμε να ενθαρρύνουμε όλα τα μέλη μας να συμμετάσχουν σε όλες τις δραστηριότητες που αναφέρονται στο πρόγραμμα εκδηλώσεων που οργανώνει η Ένωσή μας. Θα θέλαμε επίσης να συμβουλέψουμε τα μέλη και το κοινό να χρησιμοποιήσει τα Μέσα Μαζικής Μεταφοράς καθώς οι χώροι στάθμευσης για τα αυτοκίνητα είναι περιορισμένοι και ακριβοί. Είναι άλλωστε ένας τρόπος ώστε η Ένωση να υποστηρίζει και να συμμορφώνεται με τη Περιβαλλοντική Πολιτική της πόλης. Μετά από κάθε γεγονός, θα θέλαμε να ενθαρρύνουμε τα μέλη μας να συμπληρώσουν το έντυπο αξιολόγησης για το οποίο θα υπάρχει πρόσβαση μέσω του ιστότοπου – http://thessaloniki.org.au. Αυτή η έρευνα θα βοηθήσει τον οργανισμό μας να οργανώσει μεγαλύτερες και καλύτερες δραστηριότητες στο μέλλον. Για περισσότερες πληροφορίες μπορείτε να επικοινωνήσετε με την Ένωση στο – events@thessaloniki.org.au ή τηλεφωνικά με τους οργανωτές των δραστηριοτήτων Νίκη Κούκουλα στο 0417 578492, Βίκυ Σαγιάκου στο 0431 198382 καθώς επίσης και τον Υπεύθυνο Δημοσίων Σχέσεων Ιάκωβο Γαριβάλδη στο 0413 057426.

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ΧΟΡΗΓΟΙ ΚΑΙ ΥΠΟΣΤΗΡΙΚΤΕΣ ΤΟΥ ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΟΣ ΕΚΔΗΛΩΣΕΩΝ Κύριοι Χορηγοί του Προγράμματος Εκδηλώσεων είναι ο Δήμος Μελβούρνης, ο Δήμος Θεσσαλονίκης, η Επιτροπή Πολυπολιτισμού Βικτώριας (Victorian Multicultural Commission), η Κυβέρνηση Βικτώριας (Victorian Government), το Υπουργείο Μακεδονίας - Θράκης στη Θεσσαλονίκη και ο κύριος εμπορικός χορηγός είναι η Τράπεζα Delphi Bank στην Αυστραλία. Κύριοι Υποστηρικτές του Προγράμματος Εκδηλώσεων είναι η Ελληνική Κοινότητα Μελβούρνης, ο Σύλλογος Ελλήνων Συγγραφέων (Hellenic Writers’ Association), GreekAustralian Cultural League of Melbourne, Diasporic Literature Spot, ΝΕΟΣ ΚΟΣΜΟΣ και το Greek Media Group: Radio 3XY και ΤΑ ΝΕΑ.

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