An Unpublished Demographic Survey Regarding the Aromanian Communities in Greece during the Second World War

by Emanuil Ineoan

Abstract:

Within the manuscript section of the Romanian Academy Library, there is a document bearing a challenging title for the researcher interested in the Balkan Romanity:

“Some Statistical Data on the Number of the Macedo-Romanian/Aromanian Population of Greece (Macedonia, Epirus and Thessaly).”

The manuscript was donated in 1963 by the author’s wife, Irina Nicolescu, accompanied by the following text:

The undersigned, Nicolescu Irina, wife of the late professor and geologist Nicolescu Constantin, hereby donate to the Academy of the Popular Republic of Romania my husband’s work, a manuscript on the in-situ preparation of statistics concerning the Macedonian Romanians from the right bank of the Danube, who are established and currently live in Greece. I believe I am making a contribution to the Academy through this donation, knowing that my husband visited the communes of the Macedonian Romanians, in order to establish their precise number. Yours faithfully, Irina C. Nicolescu.

It is not known whether the professor and geologist Constantin Nicolescu was involved in researching the history of the Balkan Romanians or whether he published something on this topic or not, including the text donated to the Academy. Nevertheless, the material covered by this study is a complex and complete radiography of the Aromanian communities, unfairly forgotten.

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