The bloody tower of Salonica. Built by the Turks centuries ago, it was used as a torture and execution building for political Prisoners. Under the Turkish regime in the Near East, thousands of Greek and others met their death in his town. During the Allied Armies occupation of Salonica it was used as a press or censorship headquarters. The street scene is typical of Salonica, where the American Red Cross relief workers found thousands of refugee, homeless, sick, and starving. In this city, the Red Cross had its base for the relief of the Southern part of the Balkans
Summary
Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC Paris Office.
Group title: General, Greece.
On caption card: (12/1158)
Used in: Ex. Western Newspaper Union until March 1st.
Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952.
General information about the American National Red Cross photograph collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.anrc
Temp note: Batch 11
Tags
Date
01/01/1920
Location
greece
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication. For information, see "American National Red Cross photograph collection," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/717_anrc.html