Choristi

Choristi
This article is about the town in Greece. For the area of Turkey, see Çatalca.
"Chataldzha" redirects here. For the battle, see Çatalca#Modern.
Choristi
Χωριστή
Location
Choristi is located in Greece
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Choristi
Coordinates 41°8′N 24°13′E / 41.133°N 24.217°E / 41.133; 24.217Coordinates: 41°8′N 24°13′E / 41.133°N 24.217°E / 41.133; 24.217
Government
Country: Greece
Region: East Macedonia and Thrace
Regional unit: Drama
Municipality: Drama
Municipal unit: Drama
Population statistics (as of 2001)
Community
 - Population: 2,625
Other
Time zone: EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)

Choristi (Greek: Χωριστή) formerly Chataldzha or Chatalja (Bulgarian: Чаталджа) is a town in Drama Municipality, Drama peripheral unit, East Macedonia and Thrace Periphery, Greece. The town is located about 8 km southeast of Drama and has a population of 2,625. The elevation is approximately 98 m.

History

In World War I from 1916 to 1918 the town was occupied by Bulgarian troops and the local men were shipped out to concentration camps in Bulgaria. Conditions there were very poor and less than a third of them survived.[1]

During World War II, the occupying Axis powers executed a number of people in Khoristi as "terrorists" or "resistance fighters" or their sympathizers, this came to be known as the "Choristi Massacre".[2][3]

Notes

  1. ^ Mazower, Mark (2000) After the War was Over Princeton University Press, New Jersey, page 292, ISBN 0-691-05842-3
  2. ^ Mazower, Mark (2000) After the War was Over Princeton University Press, New Jersey, page 287, ISBN 0-691-05842-3
  3. ^ Michal, Bernard (1971) Histoire Secrète des Maquis Étrangers‎ (The Secret History of the Resistance - outside France) Ed. de Crémille, Geneva, volume 4, page 20, OCLC 22123318, in French

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