The demography of a Greek famine: Mykonos, 1941–1942

Abstract

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 élément autorise une étude hors-pair de cette famine, dès lors que la situation permet d'examiner les conséquences démographiques directes du manque de nourriture, en l'absence de cet élément perturbateur qu'est la migration.

Completed Fertility During the Twentieth Century: An Example From Six Settlements in Northern Greece

“…Gavalas (2005) found that the relevant figures for Naoussa and Kostos (Paros Island) were around 2% at the beginning, and 0.3% by the end of the 20 th century. Hionidou (1993) found the rate of illegitimate births in Mykonos to be below 2% (mid-19 th until mid-20 th centuries). In the study populations only eight cases of illegitimate births were found in about 3000 marriages, and the parents later married.…”

“…Zafeiris (2010) studied several aspects of the marriage system based on marriage cohorts in a large sample from the Department of Rhodopi (Greek Thrace). From the point of view of historical demography, apart from some papers concerning island populations, such as for example those of Hionidou (1993) and Gavalas (2002Gavalas ( , 2005Gavalas ( , 2008, other approaches, though not strictly demographic, focused on mainland Greece, including for example those of Bournova (1995) for Rapsani andCaftanzoglou (1994, 1997) for Syrrako.…”

World War II cohorts and diabetes mellitus, coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular disease later in life: An observational cohort study based on German claims data

“…However, the largest migrant groups in Germany stem from Italy, Poland, Greece, Romania, and Turkey 35 . All of these countries also experienced effects of WWII, closely associated with increased mortality, hunger, and stress 36-40 . Although this may lead to similar late-life effects on morbidity and mortality compared to the German population, it is possible that different timing of exposure may affect our results.…”

INTRODUCTION1

“…The crisis followed the naval blockade imposed by the allies in the wake of Greece's occupations by the Italians and the Nazis in April 1941. A food scarcity quickly ensued, and assumed crisis proportions within months (see also Hionidou 1995Hionidou , 2002). Hionidou's main focus here is on the operation of food markets, and in particular black markets.…”