In his preface to the publication, the CEO of Piraeus Bank, Christos Megalou, summarizes:

“The publication “From Great…to Modern Greece (Part B): the Refugees” frames the exhibition of the same name held by the Historical and Ethnological Society of Greece – National Historical Museum with the support of Piraeus Bank. This publication completes a great initiative of remembrance and tribute to events and people of an important historical period of Hellenism. The exhibition and the related publication constitute a valuable offer, an open invitation to a historical tour of the events of the Asia Minor Catastrophe of 1922. A tour with special characteristics as it approaches history with the unique immediacy of human experiences, the eyes and testimonies of people who were caught in the vortex of one of the most critical periods of our history“.