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A Mirror of the Past

In Aleppo, there was a large reception camp, which in a very short time became overcrowded. The refugees could not leave the camp. “The camp had a huge iron gate that closed at night”, recalls Greek refugee Efxaris.  Syrian refugee Carim talks about the “hot spot” of Vial, in Chios: “I lived in the camp for the first ten days. Then a big fight happened. Because it was overcrowded, and people felt like they were in a detention center. It was not a humane place to live”.

A mirror οf the past

This video shows the parallel story of the Greeks who became refugees during World War II and stayed at refugee camps in the Middle East, and in concrete in Aleppo, and the story of the current Syrian refugees from Aleppo, who take exactly the same path that the Greek refugees took in the past, albeit in reverse. Syrians and Afghan refugees interviewed the Greek refugee Christos Stavrinadis.

Camps for Refugees

Camps for the displaced population during WWII in the Middle East and nowadays in Greece

camps in the Middle East

A map with the refugee camps in the Middle East

camps in Greece

A map with the refugee camps in Greece

Refugee ID cards

Greek refugee ID card

Greek refugee ID card during WWII

Refugee ID card in Greece

Refugee ID card in Greece

A Mirror of the Past
A mirror οf the past
Camps for Refugees
Refugee ID cards