00832 LARGE PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION AT MMTH

The exhibition "From Asia Minor in Thessaloniki, at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall

The exhibition "From Asia Minor in Thessaloniki: The Renaissance of a City" was inaugurated at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall.  

The exhibition until November 15 The Exhibition UNTIL NOVEMBER 15

The exhibition "From Asia Minor in Thessaloniki in Thessaloniki: The Renaissance of a City" was inaugurated at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall. The report by November 15 The arrival of Greek refugees from Asia Minor to Thessaloniki and their decisive contribution to the Renaissance and evolution of the city is the theme addressed by the historical retrospective exhibition entitled "From Asia Minor to Thessaloniki: The Renaissance of a City", which was inaugurated yesterday. Evening at the foyer of the M2 building of the Thessaloniki Concert Hall. The report is the result of OMTH's collaboration. With Thessaloniki magazine "Thessaloniki Otherwise" and will be hosted at the site of the organization until Tuesday, November 15, 2022. Entrance is free to the public and the photographic material describes the uproar of the Asia Minor Refugees, their establishment in Thessaloniki and socio -economic integrate them into the life of the city. "If a city is entitled to honor the events of that time, this is Thessaloniki. The refugee, the refugee, which became a place of reception of tens of thousands of oppressed refugees. We highlight how the tragedy's lament turned into a breath of creation. We remember and honor that with blood and ink the end of the 25 centuries of Hellenism in Ionia, Cappadocia, Pontus and Eastern Thrace. At the same time, however, we become wiser in how the Asia Minor Disaster was one of the most important incisions in modern Greek history. The uprooting of the Asia Minor contributed to the national homogenization of modern Greece that was built on tears, anxieties, personal and collective tragedies, ”said Vassilis Gakis, president of the Thessaloniki Concert Hall, Mr. Vassilis Gakis. For his part, representing the Municipality of Thessaloniki, the President of the Culture Center of the Municipality of Thessaloniki, Mr. Haris Aidonopoulos, noted: "I hope and hope all the commemoration events that are consistent with the memory of our nation will never be forgotten." The ways in which the Asia Minor refugees vaccinated Thessaloniki with culture and creativity were mentioned by the publisher-director Mr. George Toulas, adding that "the exhibition acts as an ideal reason for all of us to study and think about what the refugee meant city". The exhibition entitled "From Asia Minor to Thessaloniki: The Renaissance of a City" is based on archival and bibliographic research and articulated in three sections.