The beginning of the end of the military camps on Makronissos began in 1950. The civil war had ended in August 1949, but the Makronissos camps continued to operate, the number of detainees swelled, and the allegations in the press about conditions within them multiplied. After the 5 March 1950 elections and Nikolaos Plastiras’ appointment as prime minister, the government proceeded to change the military camp’s command, with the appointment of Major General Vrasidas Papagiannopoulos, while it also drastically curtailed the camps’ operations. The decisive step was taken in summer 1950, when thousands of political exiles were transferred from Makronissos to Agios Efstratios (men) and Trikeri (women) islands. The camps continued to operate until 1957 while the military jails remained in use until October 1960. In February 1961, the last soldiers guarding the facilities left Makronissos.
1951 – 1961
C ETO: battalion’s re-establishment
C’ ΕΤΟ 1951
C’ ΕΤΟ September 4, 1954
Cantine
Certificate
Clean Monday 1951
Cleaning
Easter celebration at the Third Sappers Battalion
F. Makronisiotis, Dynatoi anemoi (Strong Winds)
Fishing chores
Frangos Konstantinos B’ ETO
Gouzelos, Chrysostomos
Holy Communion at the First Battalion church
Makronissos 1952-1954
Makronissos 1953. Β’ ΕΤΟ Isolation
Makronissos 1953. Β’ ΕΤΟ Isolation
Makronissos 1953. Β’ ΕΤΟ Isolation
Makronissos 1953. Β’ ΕΤΟ Isolation
Makronissos C ‘ ETO May 28, 1953
Parade rehearsal for the celebration of March 25
Photo outside a building, July 1955
Scene from the performance of Moliere’s “The Miser”
Soldiers of B ETO
Soldiers of B ETO
Themos Kornaros, Grammata ap’ to Makronisi (Letters from Makronissos)
Theodoros Samartzis
Third Battalion 1950-1953
Α’ ΕΤΟ, July 1954 “Syrma” (“barbed wire” cells)
Theodoros Samartzis
Third Battalion 1950-1953
Soldiers of B ETO
C’ ΕΤΟ 1951
Clean Monday 1951
Scene from the performance of Moliere’s “The Miser”
Cantine
C ETO: battalion’s re-establishment
Certificate
Holy Communion at the First Battalion church
Fishing chores
Parade rehearsal for the celebration of March 25
Themos Kornaros, Grammata ap’ to Makronisi (Letters from Makronissos)
Makronissos 1952-1954
Frangos Konstantinos B’ ETO
Makronissos 1953. Β’ ΕΤΟ Isolation
Makronissos 1953. Β’ ΕΤΟ Isolation
Makronissos 1953. Β’ ΕΤΟ Isolation
Makronissos 1953. Β’ ΕΤΟ Isolation
Easter celebration at the Third Sappers Battalion
Cleaning
Soldiers of B ETO
Makronissos C ‘ ETO May 28, 1953
F. Makronisiotis, Dynatoi anemoi (Strong Winds)
Α’ ΕΤΟ, July 1954 “Syrma” (“barbed wire” cells)
Gouzelos, Chrysostomos
C’ ΕΤΟ September 4, 1954
Photo outside a building, July 1955
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Themos Kornaros, Grammata ap’ to Makronisi (Letters from Makronissos)
F. Makronisiotis, Dynatoi anemoi (Strong Winds)
Frangos Konstantinos B’ ETO
Certificate
Makronissos C ‘ ETO May 28, 1953
C ETO: battalion’s re-establishment
Theodoros Samartzis
Third Battalion 1950-1953
Clean Monday 1951
Easter celebration at the Third Sappers Battalion
Cleaning
Α’ ΕΤΟ, July 1954 “Syrma” (“barbed wire” cells)
C’ ΕΤΟ September 4, 1954
Gouzelos, Chrysostomos
Photo outside a building, July 1955
Makronissos 1952-1954
C’ ΕΤΟ 1951
Cantine
Scene from the performance of Moliere’s “The Miser”
Fishing chores
Parade rehearsal for the celebration of March 25
Holy Communion at the First Battalion church
Soldiers of B ETO
Soldiers of B ETO
Makronissos 1953. Β’ ΕΤΟ Isolation
Makronissos 1953. Β’ ΕΤΟ Isolation
Makronissos 1953. Β’ ΕΤΟ Isolation
Makronissos 1953. Β’ ΕΤΟ Isolation
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