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The Burning of Smyrna

• Smyrna experienced a catastrophic event larger than the great fires of London and San Francisco.
• The city was overwhelmed with 200,000 refugees, a typhoid outbreak, and violence.
• Turkish soldiers systematically executed Greek men, sparing ammunition by slitting their throats.
• Women and children faced rape and murder if they resisted Turkish soldiers.
• Aristotle Onassis navigated the dangerous city to reach his father's office.

"The city of Samyrna was in flames. The Holocaust, one of the biggest in the world's history, was larger than the great fire of London in 1666 or the blaze that wrecked San Francisco in 1906."

This quote sets the historical context of the catastrophic event Aristotle Onassis experienced, emphasizing its magnitude by comparing it to other significant fires in history.

Early Life of Aristotle Onassis

• Raised by his grandmother due to his mother's early death from urimic poisoning at age 25.
• Grew up wealthy, indulged, and was an excellent swimmer and oarsman.
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  Aristotle Onassis

  Greek and Argentine business magnate (1906–1975)

  Aristotle Socrates Onassis (, ;^[1]Greek: Αριστοτέλης Ωνάσης, romanized: Aristotélis Onásis, pronounced[aristoˈtelisoˈnasis]; 20 January 1906 – 15 March 1975)^[2] was a Greek and Argentine^[3][4]business magnate. He amassed the world's largest privately-owned shipping fleet and was one of the world's richest and most famous men.^[5] He was married to Athina Mary Livanos, had a long-standing affair with opera singer Maria Callas and was married to American former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.^[6]

  Onassis was born in Smyrna in the Ottoman Empire to Greek parents and fled the city with his family to Greece in 1922 in the wake of the burning of Smyrna. He moved to Argentina in 1923 and established himself as a tobacco trader and later a shipping owner during the Second World War. Moving to Monaco, Onassis fought Prince Rainier III for economic control of the country through his ownership of SBM and its Monte Carlo Casino. In the mid-1950s,

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  Who Was Aristotle Onassis, Jackie Kennedy's Second Husband?

  Aristotle Onassis was a Greek shipping magnate and a wealthy international celebrity. His fame increased enormously in October 1968 when he married Jacqueline Kennedy, the widow of the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy. The marriage sent shockwaves through American culture. Onassis and his new wife, dubbed "Jackie O" by the tabloid press, became familiar figures in the news.

  Fast Facts: Aristotle Onassis

  • Nickname: The Golden Greek
  • Occupation: Shipping magnate
  • Known For: His marriage to former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and his ownership of the largest privately-owned shipping fleet in the world (which made him one of the richest men in the world).
  • Born: January 15, 1906 in Smyrna (present day Izmir), Turkey
  • Died: March 15, 1975 in Paris, France.
  • Parents: Socrates Onassis, Penelope Dologou
  • Education: Evangelical School of Smyrna (high school); no college education
  • Spouse(s): Athina Livanos, Jacqueline Kennedy
  • Children: Alexander Onassis, Christina Onassis

  Early Life

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