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Articles

• Kotzageorgi-Zymari, Xanthippi

The Bulgarian occupation of Eastern Macedonia and of Thrace during theSecond World War was never perceived by the conquerors as a temporarysituation. Rather it was essentially seen as a legitimate annexation to theexisting territory of the Bulgarian Kingdom and therefore attempts weremade to give this occupation a character of permanence. The strongest prooffor this is the “alteration operation” of the region’s ethnological synthesis. Theoperation worked mainly through two fronts: the first was either the “facilitated”by all possible means or the forced exodus of the Greek population fromEastern Macedonia and Thrace. The second was the gradual —planned butalso disorganized— colonization of the region with Bulgarian emigrants fromthe Bulgarian Kingdom. Both of these historical processes were surroundedwith a legislative covering, the specific aspects of which are discussed in thearticle.

• History and Archaeology

• Ιστορία

1941-1944, Πληθυσμιακές αλλαγές στη Μακεδονία και τη Θράκη

A synoptic version of this article was presented as a paper at the Conference Macedonia 1941-1944, Occupation, Resistance, Liberation, Thessaloniki, 9 December 1994, Organized by the Institute for Balkan Studies. This English translation was done by my husband Philip Zymaris.