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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.

#5 Fishermen at port, Thassos, August 1950

Fishermen at port, Thassos, August 1950

#10 Beer planner in Greece, 1950

Beer planner in Greece, 1950

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

#15 Pre-election picture in the early 1950s

Pre-election picture in the early 1950s

#20 Boys playing, Epirus, 1957

Boys playing, Epirus, 1957

#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

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

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

#30 Dafni, Attica, 1952

Dafni, Attica, 1952

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

#35 Kastoria, May 1955

Kastoria, May 1955

#40 Thessaloniki Railway Station, July 1957

Thessaloniki Railway Station, July 1957

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

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

#45 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

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