Lethal Nationalism: Genocide of the Greeks 1913-1923

2020 • 69 minutes
4.7
15 reviews
TV-UNRATED
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Under the fog of war during World War 1, the genocide of the Greeks was carried out at the hands of the Ottoman and Nationalist Turks. 3,000 years of history, destroyed and almost erased in only 10 years, 1913-1923. "Lethal Nationalism" explores this dark chapter of history with, survivor interviews, historic film footage, informative graphics and illustrations along with contextual analysis from leading academics. Nearly a million Greeks were killed, while millions more were uprooted from their ancestral homelands in Asia Minor (Turkey), Pontus, and Eastern Thrace as part of the Ottoman and Nationalist Turks' campaign of ethnic cleansing of its indigenous non Turkish populations. The Genocide annihilated the Greek, Armenian and Assyrian Christian populations. This tragic event, which became the model for all genocides to follow, has been kept silent for 100 years. Less than 20 years later, the Holocaust was put in motion. Lethal Nationalism exposes the events of the past with current efforts by the government of Turkey to deny its nation's complicity in this genocide and to suppress those of its citizens who have the courage to testify to the contrary.
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4.7
15 reviews
semih koc
December 28, 2020
Very biased. Talks about how they migrated to Greece and hardship along the way. But not talking about Greek Army occupation of Turkey from 1919 to 1922. How Turks were forced to leave Greece as well. There isn't any Genocide.
Paul A
February 4, 2021
One of the best documentaries I have seen. Perceptive insight into the brutality of the Ottoman Empire and the Young Turks against not only Greeks, but also Armenians and Assyrians.
8 people found this review helpful
Anastasia Spiridis
February 7, 2021
A documentary that tells a part of history unkown to so many and gives a voice to those who did not survive this horrific genocide.