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Book: Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews, 1430-1950
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  1. Mark Mazower _ Salonica, City of Ghosts:

    Hasan Pasha also gave the green light for Turks and Greeks to take whatever action they pleased against any Albanians they found: killing them was not a crime. Continuing his march, he executed all the Albanians he encountered, setting fire to a monastery where other were hiding and offering five sequins for every Albanian head brought him.
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  2. Mark Mazower _ Salonica, City of Ghosts:

    When the discussion threatened to overheat, Palamas calmed it down by saying politely: "Had we been able to agree in debate we might as well have been of one faith." To which he received the revealing reply: "There will be a time when we shall all agree."11
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