Germanos Karavangelis
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Germanos Karavangelis was known for his service as Metropolitan Bishop of Kastoria and later Amaseia, Pontus. He was a member of the Hellenic Macedonian Committee and functioned as one of the major coordinators of the Greek Struggle for Macedonia.
Germanos Karavangelis at the grave of Pavlos Melas.
Germanos Karavangelis surrounded by Ottoman soldiers and officers in Kastoria.
The head of Lazar Poptraykov on the desk of Germanos Karavangelis (1903).
Amasya trials
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The Amasya trials in 1921, were special ad hoc trials, organized by the Turkish National Movement, with the purpose to kill en masse the Greek representatives of Pontus region under a legal pretext. They occurred in Amasya, modern Turkey, during the final stage of the Pontic Greek genocide. The total number of the executed individuals is estimated to be ca. 400-450, among them 155 prominent Pontic Greeks.
The town of Amasya, in the interior of the Black Sea coast, where the trials and the executions took place.
A number of the soccer players of Pontus Merzifounta (pictured) were sentenced and hanged, without concrete evidence of anti-Turkish activity: Turkish nationalists felt offended because the team's jersey displayed the colours of the Greek flag (blue-white).