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History Forgotten: The Greek Genocide

2014 was a big year for global events, but one event that slipped though the news headlines was 2014's place as the 100 year anniversary of the Greek genocide of 1914. The Greek genocide - also referred to as the Armenian genocide - took place in Asia minor during the breakup of the Ottoman empire during World War I, taking the lives of over 3 million Greeks, Assyrians and Armenians at the hand of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. This war and the people lost in it have long been forgotten by much of the global community. But with the wrath of ISIS today and their campaign against all non-extermeists, many of the reflections of the Greek genocide are rearing their head again. This historic war is especially poignant for Katie, being a descendant of one of the few survivors of the wrath of Kemal Ataturk, her family hails from Pontus, a Greek region of Asia minor on the South coast of the Black Sea which is today's Turkey. Check out the episode to hear more about the amazing story of how Katie's family made it to America and escaped the war -- and tell us your own stories of overcoming tragedy. History is only lost when we choose to forget it.