Iefimerida at Ellis Island: Greek Documents and Memories at the Largest Gateway for Immigrants to the US - iefimerida.gr

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The tourist ship docks at Ellis Island in New York, opposite the Statue of Liberty, and dozens of travelers from all over the world pass through the entrance to the immigration museum, with its heavy historical imprint. In the ten-minute documentary that is repeatedly shown on the giant screen, Greek documents from the “Government of the Kingdom of Greece” appear among the shots of exhausted travelers, revealing that there was a strong Greek el…