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Postwar Greece: 50+ Photos Show Everyday Life Of Greece In The 1950s

Greece is considered the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, Western literature, historiography, and political science. Athens is the capital, and the largest city in Greece is Athens, and almost 40% of the total population of Greece is residing in the capital. After the devastating end of the Civil war In Greece, the country’s economy had been destroyed and mostly dependent on US aid. In just a decade, 12% of the population emigrated to Australia, Canada, and Germany. The literacy rate of Greek adults in the 1950s was only 30 %, but now it has increased to almost 95 percent. Look at these historic post-war photographs that show the everyday life of Greek people in the 1950s.

#4 Athens Electric Railway, 1953

Athens Electric Railway, 1953

#7 Kalymnos, 1950

Kalymnos, 1950

#11 Children swing, circa 1950

Children swing, circa 1950

#12 Floods on the Nestos River, Macedonia – Thrace border, September 1950

#14 Limenas Thassos, August 1950

Limenas Thassos, August 1950

#17 Tobacco harvest, Macedonia, August 1953

Tobacco harvest, Macedonia, August 1953

#21 Children’s playground ‘Kali Panagia’, Veria, 1957

Children's playground 'Kali Panagia', Veria, 1957

#22 During slavery at the glassworks of the Chemical Products and Fertilizers Company, Drapetsona, 1957

#24 Girls at a school in Thessaly, 1957

Girls at a school in Thessaly, 1957

#26 Aluminum rice-making plant, Serres, September 1950

#27 Boys reading a book, 1950

Boys reading a book, 1950

#31 Drama, August 1953

Drama, August 1953

#32 Nestos River, Macedonian-Thracian border, July 1954

#34 Boy with kite, Athens, 1955

Boy with kite, Athens, 1955

#37 Kastoria, May 1955

Kastoria, May 1955

#41 Wheat harvesting, Western Macedonia, June 1957

Wheat harvesting, Western Macedonia, June 1957

#43 Wider region of Ptolemaida, Prefecture of Kozani, June 1957

#44 Wider region of Ptolemaida, Prefecture of Kozani, June 1957

Wider region of Ptolemaida, Prefecture of Kozani, June 1957

#47 Kastoria, November 1958

Kastoria, November 1958

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Postwar Greece: 50+ Photos Show Everyday Life Of Greece In The 1950s

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Postwar Greece: 50+ Photos Show Everyday Life Of Greece In The 1950s

#57 Smoke drying, Drama, July 1954

Smoke drying, Drama, July 1954

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