The Second Exchange: The Treaty of Lausanne and the Deportation of Greek Americans

During the 1920s and 30s, the US deported thousands of Greeks, and the Convention Concerning the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations at Lausanne (1923) inadvertently aided in the process. But was the role of the postwar international system in this “second exchange” mere coincidence? This paper explores how the Treaty of Lausanne enabled the US to deport Ottoman Greek migrants during the era of the Great Depression, and through their case, it considers whether these latecomers to the Exchange of Populations were collateral damage of the war and its aftermath or part and parcel of its legacy.