Violetta Hionidou
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 796391 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Violetta Hionidou |
| NOMBRES | Violetta |
| APELLIDO | Hionidou |
| FIRMA | HIONIDOU V |
| AFILIACIONES | Newcastle University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4243-0848 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 18 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 34 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 18 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1995 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Remembering’ the Early 1940s Greek Famine
The memory of the early-1940s Greek famine has rarely been researched. A narrative attributing full responsibility to the Axis occupying forces, mostly Germans, and focusing almost exclusively on the 1941–2 ordeal of Athens was shaped by 1950. This became the official collective (cultural) memory and remained largely unchanged until the early twenty-first century. The financial crisis that Greece experienced since 2009 further enhanced this memor…
‘If We Hadn’t Left … We Would Have All Died’
The decision-making processes of historical famine-induced migration movements have rarely been examined in detail. This article discusses such a movement from the Greek island of Chios and into Turkey in the early 1940s using first-hand accounts of famine survivors collected in the period 1999–2009. This article outlines the unfolding famine situation, describes the point at which individuals made the decision to leave or to stay and examines ho…
Food and War in Twentieth Century Europe . Edited by Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska, Rachel Duffett and Alain Drouard
Relief and Politics in Occupied Greece, 1941–4
Occupied Greece suffered a serious famine and food crisis in the years 1941–4. This article focuses on the relief structures set up in occupied Greece and the political implications of their presence there. It is argued that the relief structures in Athens, where their presence was felt the most, constituted a ‘state within a state’ and that they became extremely powerful bearing little relation to the International Committee of the Red Cross and…
Abroad I was Greek and in Greece I am a Foreigner
Pontic Greeks have been migrating from the former Soviet Union to Greece at least since the 1960s and into the 1990s. The more recent migrants (mid-1980s onwards) differ from those who migrated earlier (in the 1960s and 1970s) in their cause of migration and in their socio-economic background while in the Soviet Union. These differences had a significant effect on the expectations and aspirations of the two groups (older and newer migrants) once …
Independence and inter-dependence
While earlier hypotheses concerning the household formation patterns of Greek populations were proved mistaken, further hypotheses have been proposed. Though the small number of existing studies prevents us from conclusively describing the household formation patterns in nineteenth century Greece, no studies exist referring to eighteenth century. This paper examines the household formation patterns on eighteenth century Kythera using nominal cens…
What do starving people eat? The case of Greece through oral history
‘Famine foods’ seems a self-explanatory term but careful reading of the existing literature suggests otherwise. ‘Famine foods’ seem to suggest repulsive and unfamiliar foods consumed only in famine situations. This paper, using the Greek famine of 1941–43 as a case study, suggests that this is not the case. Starving people continue to use foods that they are familiar with or that other sections of the population are familiar with. The very poor s…
Exiles and Pioneers
The article examines the deportation of ethnic Greeks from the Caucasus in 1949, their establishment in Kazakhstan, and their lives there. The main source is 20 in-depth interviews conducted in Greater Athens, Greece, to which the majority of the deportees migrated at various dates. The main conclusion is that no trauma could be detected among either the first or the second generation of exiles. The reasons for the lack of trauma include the low …
It was a bridge from life to death
Journal Article 'It was a bridge from life to death': Hospitals during the Food Crisis, Greece 1941–1944 Get access Violetta Hionidou Violetta Hionidou * *School of Historical Studies, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK. E-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social History of Medicine, Volume 22, Issue 2, August 2009, Pages 361–385…
Domestic service on three Greek islands in the later 19th and early 20th centuries
Anthropological studies of Greece repeatedly disparage female employment, especially of single females outside the parental household. That was not the case on the Cycladic islands of Mykonos and Syros and the Aegean island of Hios. Interviews with elderly islanders elucidate the pre-World War II situation. Nineteenth-century manuscript census returns for the two Cycladic islands indicate earlier patterns and possible continuities. Yet oral inter…
Black Market, Hyperinflation, and Hunger
This article deals with the operation of markets during the famine and food crisis that occurred in occupied Greece in the period 1941–1944. Among other factors, the division of the country into three zones of occupation between which no movements of goods and people was allowed and the failed attempt by the government to control prices and production led to the collapse of the normal markets and the gradual but firm establishment of a black mark…
They used to go and come.”? A century of circular migration from a Greek island, Mykonos 1850 to 1950
A partir du cas de l'île de Mykonos, cet article entend mettre l'accent sur l'importance des migrations temporaires de moyennes et longues durées (dites « circulaires ») au sein des populations grecques des xixe et xxe siècles. L'utilisation combinée de données quantitatives et qualitatives (histoire orale) produit une image inattendue des formes migratoires. Quelques destinations s'imposent successivement – Russie méridionale, Danube, États-Unis…
Why do people die in famines? Evidence from three island populations
There is surprisingly little consensus about what people die of during famines. In this paper, the causes of the increases in mortality during the Greek famine of 1941-43 are examined. The focus of the study is three island populations: Syros, Hios, and Mykonos. Death registration for these islands was not disrupted during the famine and the records give cause for death, certified by a doctor. Archival material and hospital records are utilized t…
Nineteenth-century urban Greek households
The structure of nineteenth-century Greek households remains largely unknown. The handful of published articles and books based on quantitative analysis suggest the existence and persistence of many household forms among Greek populations. The most extensive study, and the only one dealing with an urban population, focuses on Athens. In The Making of the modern Greek family , Sant Cassia and Bada argue that an ‘urban model’ had emerged by the 183…
The Adoption of Fertility Control on Mykonos, 1879-1959
This abstract examines the timing and means of the fertility transition on the Greek island of Mykonos in the period 1879 to 1959. By combining the results of family reconstitution with oral evidence, an unusual insight into the pathways of the fertility transition of this island population is offered. The paper concludes by outlining a model of the adoption of fertility control, a model which sees the transition from high to low fertility as a t…
The demographic system of a Mediterranean Island
This paper is an attempt to examine the demographic distinctiveness of island populations. The population of the Greek island of Mykonos in the period 1859 to 1959 is used. Using the results obtained from family reconstitution and inverse projection the inter-relations of the major demographic components are described. The pre-transitional demographic system of Mykonos was found to have been characterised by the combination of low mortality and l…
The demography of a Greek famine
Ce travail s'attache à la terrible famine qui sévit en Grèce en 1942. On examine les conditions qui menèrent à un état de famine sévère, quoique généralement ignoré, et c'est l'élément démographique qui fait l'objet de cet article. Faute d'autres données, l'etude est restreinte à l'île de Myconos, qui implique alors une population close, puisque les déplacements de population étaient strictement limitées par les forces d'occupation allemande. Cet…
Nuptiality Patterns and Household Structure on the Greek Island of Mykonos, 1849-1959
The focus of the study is the population of the Cycladic island of Mykonos, Greece, from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. An overwhelming preponderance of nuclear households was found there in the mid- nineteenth century. The inheritance system facilitated the observed rules of neolocality. At the same time, the marriage pattern was clearly Mediterranean, i.e. with rather low age at first marriage for females, high for males, and …
The Adoption of Fertility Control on Mykonos, 1879-1959
This abstract examines the timing and means of the fertility transition on the Greek island of Mykonos in the period 1879 to 1959. By combining the results of family reconstitution with oral evidence, an unusual insight into the pathways of the fertility transition of this island population is offered. The paper concludes by outlining a model of the adoption of fertility control, a model which sees the transition from high to low fertility as a t…
What do starving people eat? The case of Greece through oral history
‘Famine foods’ seems a self-explanatory term but careful reading of the existing literature suggests otherwise. ‘Famine foods’ seem to suggest repulsive and unfamiliar foods consumed only in famine situations. This paper, using the Greek famine of 1941–43 as a case study, suggests that this is not the case. Starving people continue to use foods that they are familiar with or that other sections of the population are familiar with. The very poor s…
Domestic service on three Greek islands in the later 19th and early 20th centuries
Anthropological studies of Greece repeatedly disparage female employment, especially of single females outside the parental household. That was not the case on the Cycladic islands of Mykonos and Syros and the Aegean island of Hios. Interviews with elderly islanders elucidate the pre-World War II situation. Nineteenth-century manuscript census returns for the two Cycladic islands indicate earlier patterns and possible continuities. Yet oral inter…
It was a bridge from life to death
Journal Article 'It was a bridge from life to death': Hospitals during the Food Crisis, Greece 1941–1944 Get access Violetta Hionidou Violetta Hionidou * *School of Historical Studies, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK. E-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social History of Medicine, Volume 22, Issue 2, August 2009, Pages 361–385…
Why do people die in famines? Evidence from three island populations
There is surprisingly little consensus about what people die of during famines. In this paper, the causes of the increases in mortality during the Greek famine of 1941-43 are examined. The focus of the study is three island populations: Syros, Hios, and Mykonos. Death registration for these islands was not disrupted during the famine and the records give cause for death, certified by a doctor. Archival material and hospital records are utilized t…
The demography of a Greek famine
Ce travail s'attache à la terrible famine qui sévit en Grèce en 1942. On examine les conditions qui menèrent à un état de famine sévère, quoique généralement ignoré, et c'est l'élément démographique qui fait l'objet de cet article. Faute d'autres données, l'etude est restreinte à l'île de Myconos, qui implique alors une population close, puisque les déplacements de population étaient strictement limitées par les forces d'occupation allemande. Cet…
Nuptiality Patterns and Household Structure on the Greek Island of Mykonos, 1849-1959
The focus of the study is the population of the Cycladic island of Mykonos, Greece, from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. An overwhelming preponderance of nuclear households was found there in the mid- nineteenth century. The inheritance system facilitated the observed rules of neolocality. At the same time, the marriage pattern was clearly Mediterranean, i.e. with rather low age at first marriage for females, high for males, and …
Independence and inter-dependence
While earlier hypotheses concerning the household formation patterns of Greek populations were proved mistaken, further hypotheses have been proposed. Though the small number of existing studies prevents us from conclusively describing the household formation patterns in nineteenth century Greece, no studies exist referring to eighteenth century. This paper examines the household formation patterns on eighteenth century Kythera using nominal cens…
Nineteenth-century urban Greek households
The structure of nineteenth-century Greek households remains largely unknown. The handful of published articles and books based on quantitative analysis suggest the existence and persistence of many household forms among Greek populations. The most extensive study, and the only one dealing with an urban population, focuses on Athens. In The Making of the modern Greek family , Sant Cassia and Bada argue that an ‘urban model’ had emerged by the 183…
The demographic system of a Mediterranean Island
This paper is an attempt to examine the demographic distinctiveness of island populations. The population of the Greek island of Mykonos in the period 1859 to 1959 is used. Using the results obtained from family reconstitution and inverse projection the inter-relations of the major demographic components are described. The pre-transitional demographic system of Mykonos was found to have been characterised by the combination of low mortality and l…
The demographic system of a Mediterranean Island
This paper is an attempt to examine the demographic distinctiveness of island populations. The population of the Greek island of Mykonos in the period 1859 to 1959 is used. Using the results obtained from family reconstitution and inverse projection the inter-relations of the major demographic components are described. The pre-transitional demographic system of Mykonos was found to have been characterised by the combination of low mortality and l…
The demography of a Greek famine
Ce travail s'attache à la terrible famine qui sévit en Grèce en 1942. On examine les conditions qui menèrent à un état de famine sévère, quoique généralement ignoré, et c'est l'élément démographique qui fait l'objet de cet article. Faute d'autres données, l'etude est restreinte à l'île de Myconos, qui implique alors une population close, puisque les déplacements de population étaient strictement limitées par les forces d'occupation allemande. Cet…
Nuptiality Patterns and Household Structure on the Greek Island of Mykonos, 1849-1959
The focus of the study is the population of the Cycladic island of Mykonos, Greece, from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. An overwhelming preponderance of nuclear households was found there in the mid- nineteenth century. The inheritance system facilitated the observed rules of neolocality. At the same time, the marriage pattern was clearly Mediterranean, i.e. with rather low age at first marriage for females, high for males, and …
The Adoption of Fertility Control on Mykonos, 1879-1959
This abstract examines the timing and means of the fertility transition on the Greek island of Mykonos in the period 1879 to 1959. By combining the results of family reconstitution with oral evidence, an unusual insight into the pathways of the fertility transition of this island population is offered. The paper concludes by outlining a model of the adoption of fertility control, a model which sees the transition from high to low fertility as a t…
Nineteenth-century urban Greek households
The structure of nineteenth-century Greek households remains largely unknown. The handful of published articles and books based on quantitative analysis suggest the existence and persistence of many household forms among Greek populations. The most extensive study, and the only one dealing with an urban population, focuses on Athens. In The Making of the modern Greek family , Sant Cassia and Bada argue that an ‘urban model’ had emerged by the 183…
They used to go and come.”? A century of circular migration from a Greek island, Mykonos 1850 to 1950
A partir du cas de l'île de Mykonos, cet article entend mettre l'accent sur l'importance des migrations temporaires de moyennes et longues durées (dites « circulaires ») au sein des populations grecques des xixe et xxe siècles. L'utilisation combinée de données quantitatives et qualitatives (histoire orale) produit une image inattendue des formes migratoires. Quelques destinations s'imposent successivement – Russie méridionale, Danube, États-Unis…
Why do people die in famines? Evidence from three island populations
There is surprisingly little consensus about what people die of during famines. In this paper, the causes of the increases in mortality during the Greek famine of 1941-43 are examined. The focus of the study is three island populations: Syros, Hios, and Mykonos. Death registration for these islands was not disrupted during the famine and the records give cause for death, certified by a doctor. Archival material and hospital records are utilized t…
Black Market, Hyperinflation, and Hunger
This article deals with the operation of markets during the famine and food crisis that occurred in occupied Greece in the period 1941–1944. Among other factors, the division of the country into three zones of occupation between which no movements of goods and people was allowed and the failed attempt by the government to control prices and production led to the collapse of the normal markets and the gradual but firm establishment of a black mark…
Domestic service on three Greek islands in the later 19th and early 20th centuries
Anthropological studies of Greece repeatedly disparage female employment, especially of single females outside the parental household. That was not the case on the Cycladic islands of Mykonos and Syros and the Aegean island of Hios. Interviews with elderly islanders elucidate the pre-World War II situation. Nineteenth-century manuscript census returns for the two Cycladic islands indicate earlier patterns and possible continuities. Yet oral inter…
It was a bridge from life to death
Journal Article 'It was a bridge from life to death': Hospitals during the Food Crisis, Greece 1941–1944 Get access Violetta Hionidou Violetta Hionidou * *School of Historical Studies, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK. E-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social History of Medicine, Volume 22, Issue 2, August 2009, Pages 361–385…
Exiles and Pioneers
The article examines the deportation of ethnic Greeks from the Caucasus in 1949, their establishment in Kazakhstan, and their lives there. The main source is 20 in-depth interviews conducted in Greater Athens, Greece, to which the majority of the deportees migrated at various dates. The main conclusion is that no trauma could be detected among either the first or the second generation of exiles. The reasons for the lack of trauma include the low …
Independence and inter-dependence
While earlier hypotheses concerning the household formation patterns of Greek populations were proved mistaken, further hypotheses have been proposed. Though the small number of existing studies prevents us from conclusively describing the household formation patterns in nineteenth century Greece, no studies exist referring to eighteenth century. This paper examines the household formation patterns on eighteenth century Kythera using nominal cens…
What do starving people eat? The case of Greece through oral history
‘Famine foods’ seems a self-explanatory term but careful reading of the existing literature suggests otherwise. ‘Famine foods’ seem to suggest repulsive and unfamiliar foods consumed only in famine situations. This paper, using the Greek famine of 1941–43 as a case study, suggests that this is not the case. Starving people continue to use foods that they are familiar with or that other sections of the population are familiar with. The very poor s…
Abroad I was Greek and in Greece I am a Foreigner
Pontic Greeks have been migrating from the former Soviet Union to Greece at least since the 1960s and into the 1990s. The more recent migrants (mid-1980s onwards) differ from those who migrated earlier (in the 1960s and 1970s) in their cause of migration and in their socio-economic background while in the Soviet Union. These differences had a significant effect on the expectations and aspirations of the two groups (older and newer migrants) once …
Relief and Politics in Occupied Greece, 1941–4
Occupied Greece suffered a serious famine and food crisis in the years 1941–4. This article focuses on the relief structures set up in occupied Greece and the political implications of their presence there. It is argued that the relief structures in Athens, where their presence was felt the most, constituted a ‘state within a state’ and that they became extremely powerful bearing little relation to the International Committee of the Red Cross and…
Food and War in Twentieth Century Europe . Edited by Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska, Rachel Duffett and Alain Drouard
‘If We Hadn’t Left … We Would Have All Died’
The decision-making processes of historical famine-induced migration movements have rarely been examined in detail. This article discusses such a movement from the Greek island of Chios and into Turkey in the early 1940s using first-hand accounts of famine survivors collected in the period 1999–2009. This article outlines the unfolding famine situation, describes the point at which individuals made the decision to leave or to stay and examines ho…
Remembering’ the Early 1940s Greek Famine
The memory of the early-1940s Greek famine has rarely been researched. A narrative attributing full responsibility to the Axis occupying forces, mostly Germans, and focusing almost exclusively on the 1941–2 ordeal of Athens was shaped by 1950. This became the official collective (cultural) memory and remained largely unchanged until the early twenty-first century. The financial crisis that Greece experienced since 2009 further enhanced this memor…
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