Relief Committee for Greeks of Asia Minor
The Relief Committee for Greeks of Asia Minor (1917–1921) was a relief organization established during World War I in response to the genocide of Greeks in the Ottoman Empire.[1] The committee was also known as simply the Greek Relief Committee.
| Greek genocide | |
|---|---|
| Background | |
| Young Turk Revolution · Ottoman Greeks · Pontic Greeks · Ottoman Empire | |
| The genocide | |
| Labour Battalions · Death march · Massacre of Phocaea Evacuation of Ayvalik · İzmit massacres · Samsun deportations · Amasya trials · Great fire of Smyrna | |
| Foreign aid and relief | |
| Relief Committee for Greeks of Asia Minor · American Committee for Relief in the Near East | |
| Responsible parties | |
| Young Turks or Committee of Union and Progress · Three Pashas: Talat, Enver, Djemal · Behaeddin Shakir · Teskilati Mahsusa or Special Organization · Nureddin Pasha · Topal Osman · | |
| See also | |
| Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) · Greeks in Turkey · Population Exchange · Greek refugees · Armenian Genocide · Assyrian genocide · Turkish courts-martial of 1919–20 · Malta Tribunals | |
Executive Board
- Chairman: Frank W. Jackson
- Honorary Chairman: Jacob Gould Schurman
- Vice-Chairman: Basile D. Dugundji
- Secretary: John P. Xenides
- Treasurer: Abraham E. Kazan (resigned in November 1917), Rollin P. Grant
Operations
The GRC worked through a network of foreign consuls, missionaries and relief workers located at various points in the Ottoman Empire. In doing so, its working methods were similar to those of the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief (ACASR), which was also in action during World War I. It also cooperated with American diplomatic institutions in Athens and Thessaloniki to aid refugees arriving from Turkey.[1]
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References
- Nikolaos Hlamides, "The Greek Relief Committee: America's Response to the Greek Genocide," Genocide Studies and Prevention 3, 3 (December 2008): 375–383
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