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Lookup NU author(s): Professor Violetta HionidouORCiD
This is the authors' accepted manuscript of a book chapter that has been published in its final definitive form by Alexandreia, 2025.
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Virtually every reference to the Greek famine has focused on the Athenian «inferno» of the winter of 1941-42, the responsibility of the German occupation and the loss of 300,000 lives. Nevertheless, we now know that the famine affected many more Greek populations and not exclusively in 1941-42. We know that rural populations suffered from the famine too but also that the German occupation was not solely responsible. What has not been hitherto discussed is the figure of 300,000, a figure that was presented by Constantinos A. Doxiadis in publications of the Greek Ministry of Reconstruction. However, other publications by the same author present different figures that diverge from that of the 300,000. This chapter explores the origins of this figure but also other figures that were put forward, examines how these were used by subsequent researchers and disputes their accuracy.
Author(s): Hionidou V
Editor(s): Stratos Dordanas; Menelaos Charalambides
Publication type: Book Chapter
Publication status: Published
Book Title: «Η Μακρά νύχτα της κατοχής». Ανθρώπινες απώλειες και υλικές καταστροφές στην κατεχόμενη Ελλάδα(1941-1944) (The long night of the occupation. Human and material losses in Occupied Greece (1941-1944)
Year: 2025
Pages: 97-120
Print publication date: 26/11/2025
Acceptance date: 16/02/2024
Publisher: Alexandreia
Place Published: Athens
URL: https://alexandria-publ.gr/shop/i-makra-nichta-tis-katochis/
ePrints DOI: 10.57711/6zak-qd29
Library holdings: Search Newcastle University Library for this item
ISBN: 9786182231098
