Cells are cells
Inside the monastrery of Panagia Evaggelistria (Virgin Mary Annunciation) in Paleo Trikeri, Greece. Aka Trikeri Island, Paleo Trikeri is a 4.5km2 island in the Pagasitic gulf, at the tip of the Pelion peninsula. Although the year-round population today amounts to a few tenths, the tiny island has “accommodated” thousands of people at a time in the last century. At the end of the second Balkan war, in 1913, an estimated 3500 Bulgarian prisoners of war were held here, in what has been described as the first concentration camp in Europe. In 1946, antifascist political prisoners, who participated in the EAM-ELAS resistance movement during the second World War were held in camps on Paleo Trikeri; after the men were relocated, the camp was used for female pro-communist political prisoners, and women who had not participated in the civil war themselves, but who denied to denounce their family members who did. In 1948 an estimated 500 women were held here, but the number of women and children in the summer of the next year reached 4700, following a new wave of arrests and the transfer of prisoners from the camp of Chios.
Cells are cells
Inside the monastrery of Panagia Evaggelistria (Virgin Mary Annunciation) in Paleo Trikeri, Greece. Aka Trikeri Island, Paleo Trikeri is a 4.5km2 island in the Pagasitic gulf, at the tip of the Pelion peninsula. Although the year-round population today amounts to a few tenths, the tiny island has “accommodated” thousands of people at a time in the last century. At the end of the second Balkan war, in 1913, an estimated 3500 Bulgarian prisoners of war were held here, in what has been described as the first concentration camp in Europe. In 1946, antifascist political prisoners, who participated in the EAM-ELAS resistance movement during the second World War were held in camps on Paleo Trikeri; after the men were relocated, the camp was used for female pro-communist political prisoners, and women who had not participated in the civil war themselves, but who denied to denounce their family members who did. In 1948 an estimated 500 women were held here, but the number of women and children in the summer of the next year reached 4700, following a new wave of arrests and the transfer of prisoners from the camp of Chios.