Fire of Thessaloniki - Town in flames - Custom House Camp
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Fire of Thessaloniki - Town in flames - Custom House Camp
The Great Fire that raged between 18th-20th August 1917 at Thessaloniki, Greece. In 72 hours, 9500 houses were destroyed which left more than 70000 people homeless. A consequence of the fire saw close to half the citys Jewish population, their homes and livelihoods destroyed, emigrate. Many went to Palestine, some to Paris and others found their way to America. Their numbers were quickly replaced by refugees from another disaster a few years after the war, when huge numbers of ethnic Greeks were expelled from Turkey in 1922 following the Greco-Turkish War. Date: 1917
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© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
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