A ONE-WAY TICKET

A ONE-WAY TICKET

By Stojan Kochov

(Translated from Macedonian to English and edited by Risto Stefov) A ONE-WAY TICKET

Skopje, 2001

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August 10, 2023

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A ONE-WAY TICKET

RESEARCH EDITION - NATIONAL HISTORY OF MACEDONIA

PEDOMAZOMA (Greek - Collection of children) (How and who directed the genocide of the Macedonian people in Greek occupied Macedonia in 1945-1949

Historiography of the Macedonian people in Greek occupied Macedonia

FACTS AND ARGUMENTS About the “Pedomazoma” - mass gathering of 28,000 children during the Greek Civil War

CHILDREN AGES 3 TO 14 WERE ABUSED WITH POLITICAL INTENT DEGRADATION OF HUMAN DIGNITY AND A DEADLY WOUNDING OF THE MACEDONIAN NATION

28,000 MACEDONIAN CHILDREN WERE SENT AWAY WITH A ONE WAY TICKET

To my cousin Mitre Novachkov, who was one of those who were taken away with the 28,000 children to be saved but a few months layer was brought back and sent the battlefields to fight in the DAG units.

He died on September 12, 1948 in a battle at Mali-Madi.

I dedicate this book to all the deprived children, who, after the Greek Civil War did not see their parents who had left their bones on the battlefields in Gramos and Vicho fighting with the hope that one day they will return and see their children back in their homes.

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At first the Macedonian people were told they were fighting to save themselves from the Greek terror, later they were told they were

fighting for equality and human rights in Greece, after that they were told they were fighting for a united Macedonia and for independence from Greece. Eventually, as the war became very hot, they were told they were fighting for their survival.

In the meantime, while the English were telling the world a civil war was being fought in Greece - communist Greeks fighting against capitalist Greeks, the Greek population was told that the Greek government was fighting against Slav bandits who, with help from the Greek communists, were trying to steal their Macedonia from them.