Chamuria’s tragedy during the World War II
Chamuria’s tragedy during the World War II

Summary/Abstract: The very day Italy attacked Greece, the Greek authorities had exiled nearly the entire male Cham population into Aegean islands (Crete, Chios, Mitilini, Kokyna etc.). When the Greek army came back, November 1940, vicious crimes were committed against Muslim Chams. Around 56 Chams have been killed in Filiates province, other 300 in Paramythia and Igoumenitsa. In the middle of November, in Viglitsa, the Greek soldiers killed eight Albanian Muslim men. Following their example, Christian people inveighed against the Muslims. In Igoumenitsa they killed Dule Idrizi together with his two boys. The murderers forced the father to dig the grave of his own sons. The Greek authorities turned a blind eye to the atrocities committed by local Greeks against Chams.

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