THE GENOCIDE During the Conference of Ambassadors in London in1913, the southern part of the region was cut off fromthe motherland and annexed to the Greek state despitethe fact that people of the southern Epirus wereAlbanians of Orthodox and the Muslim faith. While theorthodox Albanians were targets of hellenization, themuslim Albanians were either exterminated or expelledfrom their ancestral lands by the Greek government.Chams who lived in Southern Epirus (Chameria orThesprotia as it is called by the Greeks) were thevictims of the first ethnic cleansing in Europe at theend of the Second World War. The Cham tragedy is oneof the most painful tragedies of the Europeancontinent. Statistical yearbook of the Greekgovernment in 1936 showed that 26.000 Chams lived inChameria region in Greece at that time.As a result of the 1944-1945 ethnic cleansing andgenocide, 30.000 Albanian Muslims were violentlyexpelled from the Chameria region, and sought refugein the Republic of Albania, where they st...
MISTERI I VDEKJES SE ODISE ANDREUÇOS DHE LUFTA FETARE GJATE REVOLUCIONIT GREK Shkruan: Abedin Rakipi Odise Andreuço ishte nje nga heronjte e Revolucionit Grek. Ai lindi ne Preveze ne 1788, edhe pse familja e tij ishte me origjine nga fshati Livanat. Babai i tij ishte klefti Andrea Andreuço, i cili ishte bere vellam me Ali Pashe Tepelenen. Odiseja u rrit ushtarakisht ne oborrin e Vezirit te Janines ju bashkua armates se Ali Pashe Tepelenes dhe u be nje nga oficeret e tij, por ne 1818 pasi u be anetar i organizates grekperhapese Finiqi Eteria. Pas rrethimit të A.p.T. në Janinë, me qëllim që të lehtësonte goditjet osmane kundër tij, kaloi në rreshtat e kryengritësve që luftonin kundër hënës për fitoren e kryqit. Shkëlqeu në disa luftime tejet të rrepta., si në përleshjen e famshme të Mesollonjës(gusht 1822). Falë cilësive dhe aftësive të tij, arriti të ngjitej në krye të kryengritësve beotianë e thesalianë.(Shih Enciklopedia Jugshqiptare fq. 218) Ne vitin 1821 Beratasi Omer Vrioni dhe Meh...
REFUGJATE CAME NE KAMPE Reality of Cameria THE ALBANIAN MINORITY AND CAMERIA MASSACRE IN GREECE THE GEOGRAPHY WERE THE ALBANIAN MINORITY LIVES AND SHORT HISTORY CAMERIA REGION BEGINS FROM THE SOUTH OF ALBANIA AND INCLUDES SOUTH EPIRUS WHERE THE ALBANIANS HAVE LIVED SINCE THE ANTIQUITY. THIS FACT HAS ALSO BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE GREEK AUTHORS AND THE GREAT GREEK ENCYCLOPEDIA, THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE REGION AT PRESENT AND THE LANGUAGE THEY USE IS THE GREATEST PROOF OF THIS. ALBANIANS ARE ONE OF THE OLDEST PEOPLE OF THE BALKAN PENINSULA AND ARE OF THE MOST DEMOGRAPHICALLY SPREAD NATIONS. IT IS POSSIBLE TO GATHER THE ALBANIANS HAVING LIVED IN GREECE UNDER THREE GROUPS. THESE ARE : 1. ORTHODOX ALBANIANS (ARNAVITES) 2. MUSLIM ALBANIANS (CAMERIA) 3. EMIGRANTS, REFUGEE ALBANIANS COME TO GREECE AFTER THE COLD WAR. ORTHODOX AND MUSLIM ALBANIANS HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO EITHER EXILE OR ETHNIC CLEANSING OR ASSIMILATION IMPOSED BY THE GREEK STATE AT VARIOUS TIMES. AT...
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