Image: SFERA newspaper (1-September-1959)
Description: A scan of an article published on September 1, 1959 in the Athenian newspaper "Sphera", which tells a detailed story of the ceremony which took place in the village of Atrapos (Florina, Greek Macedonia), accompanied by a photograph of the moment when the villagers - mostly women and children - took "the oath before God" to cease speaking their local Slavic dialect. The uniformed man in front is the field-guard. The oath, marked on the side, reads as follows: "I do promise before God, the people, and the official state authorities, that from this day on I shall cease to speak the Slavic dialect which gives ground for misunderstandings to the enemies of our country, the Bulgarians, and that I will speak always and everywhere the official language of our fatherland, the Greek language, in which the Holy Gospel is written".
Title: SFERA newspaper (1-September-1959)
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Author: Factographer
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