“Telegraphy & Telephony. Stories of communication before & after the Asia Minor Catastrophe”. New digital temporary exhibition by the OTE Group telecommunications Museum ONLINE INFO Η Νέα Ψηφιακή Περιοδική Έκθεση με τίτλο «Τηλεγραφία & Τηλεφωνία. Ιστορίες Επικοινωνίας πριν & μετά την Μικρασιατική Καταστροφή» είναι μπροστά σου εδώ (https://www.otegroupmuseum.gr/periodikes-ektheseis/)! Μέσα από τις συλλογές αντικειμένων, τηλεγραφημάτων και το πλούσιο φωτογραφικό Αρχείο του Μουσείου Τηλεπικοινωνιών Ομίλου ΟΤΕ, αλλά και σε συνεργασία με μουσεία και φορείς της χώρας (Πολεμικό Μουσείο, Ψηφιακό Μουσείο Νέας Σμύρνης, Μουσείο “Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος”, Ο.Π.Α.Ν.Δ.Α, Τελλόγλειο Ίδρυμα Τεχνών ΑΠ.Θ, Κέντρο Ιστορίας Δήμου Θεσσαλονίκης & Αρχείο ΕΡΤ), παρουσιάζεται η ιστορία της τηλεπικοινωνιακής εξέλιξης της περιόδου από τις αρχές του αιώνα μέχρι το τέλος του 1930. Στην έκθεση δίνεται έμφαση στην περίοδο της προετοιμασίας για την μικρασιατική εκστρατεία, στο μέτωπο αλλά κυρίως στην ένταξη των προσφύγων στην πατρίδα δημιουργώντας μια Νέα Ελλάδα. Get an idea from some key points of the exhibition: Marconi’s excommunication and the new reality of War “Wireless communication will make war impossible because it will make war ridiculous.” The inventor of radio communication contradicted his prediction at the beginning of the 20th century, as the world wars that were fought proved that telecommunications not only experienced great growth due to wars, but also contributed to their outcome, changing the course of history. The exhibition highlights the footprint of telecommunications in the Balkan wars and especially in the Asia Minor campaign. The telegram of Kountouriotis ” Be Lions” “Everything depends on today’s day. Be Lions.” It is one of the historical telegrams sent during the Balkan wars by radio, from the battleship “Averoff” to the Greek crews before the Battle of Lemnos in January 1913. Wireless communication played a decisive role in the military successes of the Navy, contributing to the liberation of the North Aegean. The Greek fleet had been supplied with radios only in 1912. Wireless & telephones next to optical telegraph Telegraphs loaded on donkeys The cable becomes a rope for the well in the depths of Anatolia State-of-the-art wireless telegraphs that were loaded onto donkeys, optical telegraphs that sent messages reflecting the sunlight and telephone wires that were used as a means of survival by the thirsty soldiers in Asia Minor to extract water from the Wells. The exhibition not only examines major political and military changes, but focuses on the level of microhistory and everyday experience. All-time record in Telegram traffic 483.000 in a Greece of almost six million inhabitants The imminent autumn period threatens the risk of bloody frictions of refugees and locals. An unimaginable effervescence of both portions.” In 1925 the exchanged telegrams reached a record of 5,483,000 in a Greece of nearly six million inhabitants. The doubling of the country and the arrival of 1.2 million refugees increased Greece’s telecommunications needs and created new needs. The visitor of the exhibition has the opportunity to read some indicative telegrams sent by the refugees to the Greek government in the 1920s in which they complain about the difficult living conditions and the confrontations with the natives over the distribution of land. The Artists Editing-Production OTE Group telecommunications Museum Strategy-Museologicalconcept-Texts Nikoletta Liakostavrou Graphic Design Maria Tsekou Historical texts/ Research Sotiris Koutmanis Valya Hudala Katerina Orietta Video Alexandros Grammatopoulos Digital space / digital applications Stefanos Vagianos / Spaces 3D EVENT NAME: “Telegraphy & Telephony. Stories of communication before & after the Asia Minor Catastrophe”. New digital temporary exhibition by the OTE Group telecommunications Museum VENUE: OTE Telecommunications Museum START DATE: December 20 2022 END DATE: December 20 2023