Destruction of Psara

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The destruction of Psara[who?] was the Ottoman annihilation[citation needed] of the civilian population on the Greek island of Psara on July 5, 1824,[1] during the Greek Revolution.

After the Destruction of Psara by Nikos Gyzis
After the Destruction of Psara by Nikos Gyzis

The entire male civilian population over the age of eight in Psara was wiped out, and the women and small children were sold into slavery.[citation needed] Every building was razed to the ground.[citation needed] According to Matthew White, all but 3,000 of the 20,000 inhabitants were killed.[2]

According to George Finlay, a historian who wrote the history of the Greek revolution (which he took part in), the entire population of the island Psara before the massacre was about 7.000.[3]

According to Constantine Paparigopoulos, there was a French observer with the Ottoman fleet who asked the Turkish commander if he would find and spare a Greek friend of his. The Turkish commander responded by bringing the Frenchman the decapitated head of the Greek. In the castle of this city, 150 Greeks, seeing the tortures that their compatriots faced when captured by the Turks, set alight their powder stores, killing themselves along with many Turks.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ D. Brewer, The Greek War of Independance., p. 235-236 and Smyrniot newspaper : French National Library
  2. ^ Statistics of Wars, Oppressions and Atrocities of the Nineteenth Century.
  3. ^ George Finlay, History of the Greek Revolution and the Reign of King Otho, edited by H. F. Tozer, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1877 Reprint london 1971, p. 152 SBN 900834 12 9.
  4. ^ Paparigopoulos Constantine History of the Hellenic Nation.

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