ΣΜΥΡΝΗ 1922 - Η ΠΥΡΠΟΛΗΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΣΜΥΡΝΗΣ- ΦΩΤΟΓΡΑΦΙΚΟ ΑΡΧΕΙΟ

Ο Μητροπολίτης Σμύρνης Χρυσόστομος, ΕΠΕΣΕΝ ΥΠΕΡ ΠΙΣΤΕΩΣ ΚΑΙ ΠΑΤΡΙΔΟΣ. Αρνούμενος να εγκαταλέιψει την Σμύρνη, εκτελέστηκε από τους Τούρκους.Special mention must be made of Metropolitan Chrysostom of  Smyrna. This brave and noble Greek Orthodox Cleric supported the Greek liberators in 1919, and was a voice for the aspirations of a  nation that had been enslaved, humiliated, massacred, and denigrated for centuries. When the news broke that the Kemalist aggressors would retake Smyrna, it became apparent that the Greeks and the Armenians would not survive. Metropolitan Chrysostom was offered refuge by the French Consulate. This Saint refused the offer of safety and chose to share the fate of his flock. Metropolitan Chrysostom was handed over to a fanatical Muslim mob by the crazed and sadistic Kemalist General Noureddin Pasha. He was humiliated by having his beard cut off, and then his eyes, ears, nose, and hands were cut off. Metropolitan Chyrsostom was canonized as a Saint by the Orthodox Church of Greece in 1992. (He is very much AXIOS and deserves to be remembered and prayed for). Πατήστε την φωτογραφία για να δείτε τη μεγένθυνση.

Η μόνη διέξοδος για τους Έλληνες κατοίκους της Σμύρνης ήταν η θάλασσα. Στην φωτογραφία το πλοιάριο βυθίζεται λόγω υπερφόρτωσης. Η φωτογραφία λήφθηκε από Αμερικανικό αντιτορπιλλικό πλοίο που ευρισκόταν στην περιοχή, μαζί με άλλα 26 συμμαχικά πολεμικά σκάφη, τα οποία όμως δεν έπραξαν απολύτως τίποτα ούτε για να αποτρέψουν την καταστροφή αλλά και ούτε για να βοηθήσουν τον Ελληνικό άμαχο πληθυσμό που ικέτευε για βοήθεια.The only way out for the Greeks of Smyrna was the sea. In the photo you can see a small boat sunk from the weight. This photo was taken aboard a US destroyer ship which was cruising the area as part of an allied fleet of more than 20 warships. The allies did absolutely nothing to help the Greeks and the Armenians despite the numerous pleas for help. Instead the Americans were only taking photos of the ensuing genocide. Πατήστε την φωτογραφία για να δείτε τη μεγένθυνση.

Άποψη της προκυμαίας της Σμύρνης με πολλά Ελληνικά κτίρια, όπως το κτίριο της Εθνικής τράπεζας της Ελλάδας, εμπορικά καταστήματα, θέατρα, κλπ. Όλα έγιναν στάχτη τον Σεπτέμβρη του 1922.Πατήστε την φωτογραφία για να δείτε τη μεγένθυνση.

Η ιστορική και αρχαιοτάτη πόλη της Σμύρνης παραδίδεται στις φλόγες την 13η Σεπτεμβρίου 1922. Η φωτιά κατακαίει ολόκληρο τον Χριστιανικό (Ελληνικό, Ιταλικό, Γαλλικό, και Αρμενικό) τομέα συμπεριλαμβανομένων Σχολείων, νοσοκομείων, κρατικών κτιρίων, κλπ.The ancient and historic town of Smyrni is burned by the Turks on the 13th of September 1922. The fire burns the entire Christian section of the city (Greek, Italian, French and Armenian) including Schools, hospitals, theaters, and public buildings. Πατήστε την φωτογραφία για να δείτε τη μεγένθυνση.

The ancient Greek town of Smyrna in flames in September of 1922. The photo was taken from one of the Allies ships that did absolutely nothing to help the Greek population of Smyrna during the destruction.Πατήστε την φωτογραφία για να δείτε τη μεγένθυνση.

Helpless Greeks civilians waiting on the docks of Smyrna harbor to be evacuated in September 1922. The allies never helped the Greek population although they had 26 navy battleships in the vicinity observing the destruction. Πατήστε την φωτογραφία για να δείτε τη μεγένθυνση.

Πατήστε την φωτογραφία για να δείτε τη μεγένθυνση.The entire Greek population of Smyrna was Ethnically Cleansed by the Turks in September 1922. The Allies, whom Greece has always provided assistance in all major conflicts, not only abandoned the Greek population to be slaughtered by the Turks, but actively assisted in the defeat of the Greeks by enforcing an embargo against the Greek Army fighting in Asia Minor and by providing unconditional support to Mustafa Kemal.

The fire in Smyrna begun in the Armenian quarter.Πατήστε την φωτογραφία για να δείτε τη μεγένθυνση. Smyrna in ashes after the destruction of September 1922.

Οι Τούρκοι άναψαν τη φωτιά μέσα στον Αρμενικό τομέα της Σμύρνης την ώρα που φυσούσε δυνατός άνεμος προς το Χριστιανικό τομέα της πόλης, και μακριά από τον τουρκικό. Ο τουρκικός τομέας της πόλης δεν επηρεάστηκε καθόλου από την καταστροφή, ενώ κατα την διάρκεια των πυρκαγιών, των λεηλασιών, και σφαγιασμών των Χριστιανών, ο τουρκικός τομέας ήταν φωτισμένος και εκεί γίνονταν εορταστικές εκδηλώσεις με χορούς, τραγούδια, και γλέντια.Πατήστε την φωτογραφία για να δείτε τη μεγένθυνση.

As the destroyer moved away from the fearful scene and darkness descended, the flames, raging now over a vast area, grew brighter and brighter, presenting a scene of awful and sinister beauty. Historians and archeologists have declared that they know of but one event in the annals of the world which can equal in savagery, extent and all the elements of horror, cruelty and human suffering, the destruction of Smyrna and its Christian population by the Turks, and this was the demolition of Carthage by the Romans."

During the same conversation Miss Mills told me of a great throng of Christians crowded into a street the head of which was guarded by Turkish soldiers. The flames were approaching and the soldiers were forcing these people to go into the houses. An American automobile passed and the poor wretches stretched out their hands, crying: "Save us! The Turks are going to burn us alive." Nothing could be done, of course, and the car passed on. Later two Catholic priests came up and said to the Turks, "This is a fiendish thing you are doing," and they allowed an old woman to come out of one of the houses."

The following typical incident illustrates the perfect harmony prevailing in naval circles in the Harbor of Smyrna resulting from international discords and how punctiliously the amenities were observed: An admiral of a battle-ship had been invited to dine with one of his colleagues. He arrived some minutes late and apologized for the delay, which had been caused by the dead body of a woman getting tangled up in the propeller of his launch."

ΠΗΓΗ: greeklibrary.agrino.org