A printed circular — Circular Communication No. 2 — from the Association of Pergamenes “Attalos” (Σύλλογος των Περγαμηνών “Ο Άτταλος”), based at Menandrou 17, Athens, dated July 31, 1978.
The circular reports on the completion of the Monument of the Martyrs of Pergamon — a memorial in the Park of New Smyrna, Athens, honoring the Pergamenes massacred during the 1922 Asia Minor Catastrophe. The fundraising had begun with the Association’s March 3, 1973 circular; by 1978 the Association had collected 183,905 drachmas plus 69,612 in interest, for a total of 253,517 drachmas. The unveiling was anticipated for October 1978.
“The Monument of the Martyrs of Pergamon and Region represents the relics of forms of the souls who wait keeping the keys, and emit the unsleeping light to illuminate our memories and keep their souls unforgettable.”
The reason this circular is in the family archive: it is signed by the President of the Association, Άτταλος Καραμητρός (Attalos Karamitros) — almost certainly a Karamitrou-side relative of Eftyhia. The signature shares Eftyhia’s maiden surname (in its masculine form — Καραμήτρος vs Καραμήτρου feminine genitive), tracks her Pergamene origin, and reflects a Pergamene-conscious naming choice (Attalos was the name of the ancient Attalid kings of Pergamon, founders of the Library and the Great Altar).
The circular is dated some 39 years after Lazaros’s 1939 death; it would have reached the family via Constantine (who lived until November 1980, about two years after this mailing) or via his son Peter. That Constantine was on the Association’s mailing list — at his Santo Domingo address — suggests he maintained correspondence with his maternal Karamitrou cousins in Athens into his last years.
The 1978 board members named on the circular are President Attalos Karamitros, General Secretary Georgios Stylianou, and Treasurer Ioannis Skoufelis. The Association’s records, if surviving, would be a useful avenue back to Eftyhia’s parents’ generation — her father Sofianos Karamitrou, identified through other documents in the archive, was a Pergamon-area landowner whose property compensation track was being managed from New York in the late 1920s.