On Man Changed Greece and Turkey Forever (Asa K. Jennings‪)‬

Editor's Note: In this remarkable example of "citizen diplomacy," one determined individual saved countless lives. While the Turks, Greeks and Armenians all hotly contest the facts of the "burning of Smyrna" and the turmoil of the period even today, one issue is not in dispute--the courage and resourcefulness of the author's grandfather. How the Greeks, Armenians and Jews were saved at Smyrna, and how Turkey was put on a course of peace and prosperity is revealed for the first time from private archives.