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Félix Sartiaux
11 June 1914
12-13 June 1914: The sacking of Phocaea
11 June 1914
On the 11th of June 1914, French engineer and archaeologist Félix Sartiaux witnesses in Old Phocaea the first arrivals of refugees from New Phocaea. The Ottoman Greeks are starting to leave the town, in boats, in panic. He asks for help and protection from the local authorities and the gendarmerie, but they assure him that peace reigns supreme everywhere and he’s nothing to worry about.
Félix Sartiaux’s photographs all (c) Kallimages/ Haris Yiakoumis, from “Phocée 1914: le témoignage de Félix Sartiaux” ed. Kallimages, Paris 2008
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Old Phocaea (Eski Foça)
Félix Sartiaux
Charles Manciet
Anastasis Pallas
Giorgos Tzitziras
Anastasios Giannaris
Antonios Kapsambelis
Thanassis Papoutsis
Nikolaos Tsakalos