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Asa Jennings, the Hero of the Smyrna Fire in 1922
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The Smyrna Catastrophe & Fire of 1922
In August and September of 1922, the beautiful port of Smyrna became Ground Zero for one of the greatest human tragedies... It was the last violent episode in a ten-year holocaust that had killed three million people—Armenians, Greeks, and Assyrians, all Christian minorities—on the Turkish subcontinent between 1912 and 1922. It would also serve as a marker of the end of the Ottoman Empire.

Humanity was on fire, from the ashes of despair rose heroes, like American Consul General George Horton and Lieutenant Commander Halsey Powell, who defied United States Admiral Mark Bristol’s orders to remain neutral and not allow any refugees aboard ship.

Then there is the Reverend Asa K. Jennings, the frail YMCA employee, who fed, sheltered and led an evacuation of nearly 350,000 people from Smyrna to neighboring islands and mainland. How could one frail man, with nothing more than faith in his heart, become the Shepard of hundreds-of-thousands of refugees?


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Desperate Escape: People Jump Ship As City Burns!

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Smyrna's Burning Quays: Desperate Refugees Seek Salvation!

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Smyrna's Burning Hope: Warships Abandoned, City in Flames!

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Smyrna's Burning: Desperate Escape, Betrayal, and Lost Hope

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Smyrna Documentarian Mike Damergis interviews Anatolian Historian/Author Terry Stavridis

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The passing of Pope Francis

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Heroes of Smyrna: Asa Jennings' Daring Rescue Mission

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The Miraculous Rescue from Smyrna: A Tale of Hope

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The Daring Evacuation: 200,000 Lives Saved in Smyrna

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Asa Jennings family conversation with Smyrna documentary director and producer Mike Damergis

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Passages from Ernest Hemingway On The Quay at Smyrna

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Lou Ureneck Turkish army out of control in Smyrna

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Asa K Jennings bonus reaction to Smyrna fire and rescue in 1922

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Roger Jennings on his grandfather's decision to stay in Turkey

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Roger Jennings arrival in Smyrna

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Roger Jennings discusses the atrocities committed by Turkish irregulars

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Asa Jennings gets Greek Captain Theofanides to assist in Smyrna rescue

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Hell on the Quay as the fire surrounds the refugees in Smyrna

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(Trailer) Smyrna: Paradise is Burning, The Asa K Jennings Story

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Smyrna Catastrophe 1922: Asa Jennings actions on Mytilene

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Smyrna Catastrophe 1922: Saving lives at Mytilene

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Smyrna - Paradise is Burning, The Asa K Jennings Story (FULL Version)

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Ch 5 The Rescue at Smyrna's Quay

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CH 1: Smyrna: Paradise is Burning, the story of Asa K. Jennings

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Ch 4 HELL on the Quay at Smyrna for the Christian refugees

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Ch 2 Smyrna before the 1922 Catastrophe

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Prof. Niki Karavasilis: 1922 was a Genocide of the Greeks

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Professor James Skedros: Smyrna's Catastrophe of 1922

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Prof. Karavasilis - George Horton and Admiral Bristol at odds

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Prof. Karavasilis: Bristol had only American interests at hand

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Professor James Skedros: Bristol Controlled News

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Chapter 3: The Metropolitan Chrysostomos was sacrificed by the Turkish mob in Smyrna in 1922

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Who was Asa K Jennings and how did he save over 1 million people?

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Dr Niki Karavasilis discusses the Smyrna Catastrophe with Mike Damergis

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