100 YEARS 2nd HIGH SCHOΟL OF THESSALONIKI

The 2nd High School of Thessaloniki has been in operation for 100 years and is the oldest secondary school in the city. Some of the most important personalities of Greece were educated there, including archaeologist Manolis Andronikos, the litterateurs Yorgos Vafopoulos, Manolis Karagatsis, Takis Varvitsiotis, and Dinos Christianopoulos, among others. The school archives and the testimonies of well-known graduates outline the course of the school, which is an integral part of the contemporary history of the city. It is intrinsically connected with events like the two world wars, the fire of ’17, the flight of refugees in ’22, the Metaxas and colonels’ dictatorships, the German occupation, the Greek civil war, political changeovers and education reforms.