Abstract:

Ruins perform as archival sites and as spaces of history. And in most cases, they are sites for histories untold. In this paper, the ruins and abandoned villages of Prespa, Greek Macedonia, are examined through memory books of their former residents. The area bordering Albania and North Macedonia, the front line of the Greek Civil War (1946–1949) was abandoned by retreating combatants and civilians in the final days of the war. Their ruined homes and abandoned villages have held hidden, for many years, an untold and contested history. The dwindling population of indigenous endopyi live in silence, still fearful of recalling the events of the so-called dishonourable years. Since Prespa, after years of official forgetfulness, became visible as the location where the prime ministers of Greece and North Macedonia chose to meet and resolve the name dispute, it is time to give voice to unofficial accounts that emerge from ruins and to rescue from oblivion the narratives written by Prespa's former occupants who either have never been allowed to or have never had the opportunity to return.

摘要：

废墟既是档案馆，又是历史空间。在大多数情况下，它们是无数历史记录的站点。在本文中，通过对马其顿前居民的回忆录对希腊马其顿普雷斯帕的废墟和废弃村庄进行了研究。希腊内战（1946-1949）的边界线与阿尔巴尼亚和北马其顿接壤，在战争的最后几天被战斗人员和平民撤退。多年来，他们被毁的房屋和废弃的村庄一直隐藏着不为人知且充满争议的历史。土著内py菌种群的减少沉默地生活，仍然害怕回忆所谓的不光彩岁月的事件。自从经过多年的官方健忘之后，普雷斯帕成为希腊总理和北马其顿总理选择会面和解决地名争议的地点，现在是时候让那些从废墟中冒出来的非官方报道发声并从遗忘中解救出来的时候了由Prespa的前任住户撰写的叙述，这些叙述从未被允许或从未有过返回的机会。