Today, 14th September, is the Day of National Remembrance in commemoration of the genocide of Asia Minor Greeks by the Turkish state. This song, which is performed by famous Greek singer of Asia Minor descent, Georgos Dalaras, is a tribute to the memory of the Greeks of Smyrna who lost their lives during the Asia Minor Catastrophe in 1922. It also celebrates those Greek Smyrnaeans who were forced to leave their ancestral homelands in Asia Minor, and start new lives in Greece and other countries, under extremely difficult, and trying circumstances.
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