The disembarkation of Greek forces in Smyrna in May 1919 was accompanied by celebrations by the city’s ethnic Greek population. The docks were decked with Greek flags – such a great number in fact that many wondered where they came from. “We were sewing new flags every day,” said Filio Haidemenou, a refugee from Smyrna who was 20 at the time, in one of her last interviews.
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