The Asia Minor Catastrophe was a Greek tragedy perhaps unique in the history of the Greek nation. The black page of the disaster was written with the collapse of the Asia Minor Front, the burning of Smyrna, the massacres, looting and other atrocities against the Greeks, the martyrdom marches of prisoners and hostages, the extermination […]

The Battle of Hill 731 was one of the most critical battles of the Greco-Italian War. The conflicts lasted for many days, until the end of March 1941 and ended with the Greeks prevailing. Height 731 is located about 20 km north of Kleisoura, in Albania. It was one of the strongest points occupied by […]

On July 14, 1907, during the Macedonian War, the Battle of Dovista Serres (today’s village of Emmanuel Pappa) took place. In the area of Dovista, a group was operating that took orders from the Consulate of Serres and Orpheus and was led by Captain Andreas Makoulis . The group was mainly limited to the organization […]

Kreon Floridis was a Thracian refugee who settled in the city of Serres, he was particularly involved in the construction of refugee settlements in Serres and in the flour industry. The Construction Cooperative of Urban Refugees of Serres “The People’s Shelter” is considered one of the first cooperatives that dealt with the construction of public […]

Euthalia Adam was born in Serres in 1860 and was a teacher and educator during the Ottoman rule in the city of Serres. She was a student of Kalliopi Kehagia and graduated with honors from the Girls’ School of Serres. Then she went to Istanbul and studied at the Zappio Girls’ School and with a […]

Vasilios Veiliktsidis, coming from an aristocratic family of Sinop, Pontus, was born in 1885 and grew up in the historic Amiso, Pontus. He studied music in Constantinople and excelled as a music teacher and orchestra director in his hometown until 1922 and then came to Greece. He settled in Serres and taught music theory, soufflés […]

Dimitrios Gogolakis, known by the nickname Captain Mitrousis, was born in 1882 in Chomondos Serres and was a Macedonian warlord. In 1903 he participated in the armed struggle against the Bulgarian forces. He killed several agents of the Bulgarians. The Bulgarian organization tried to associate him but he refused. Thus, they ordered his assassination, as […]

A great benefactor of Serres, Nikolaos Doumbas was born in Vienna in 1830, the son of Stergios Doubas and Maria Kourtis. His grandfather had settled in Serres. His father, Stergios, a cotton and textile merchant, created the “House of Duba”, one of the most prosperous in Vienna. He graduated from the Vienna High School. Art […]

Leonidas Papapavlou was born in Siatista in 1866. His father was a priest and Byzantine Psalmist. Leonidas Papapavlou was taught to love God, Greece and consider the liberation of Macedonia his duty. When his father died and he had to support his family. He remained in the Monastery to help his family financially. Even Papapavlou […]

On May 1, 1917, near the village of Hamilo in Paionia, on the then-known Ravine hill, the first victory of the Greek forces participating in the Macedonian Front during the First World War took place. The Greeks organized a defensive front and plans began to be made to attract and capture Ravine Hill. The task […]