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In Northern Greece, a City’s Slow Reckoning with the Holocaust
For centuries, Jews were an integral part of society in Thessaloniki, until the Holocaust all but wiped them out. Those who ...
Nina’s father survived Auschwitz. This is why she wants his story told
A new Holocaust Museum is due to open next year in Greece, commemorating Jews transported to concentration camps, including ...
Greek Reporter10d
The Greek Jews Who Boxed for Their Lives to Survive Nazi Camps
Two Greek Jewish boxers from Thessaloniki who survived the Nazi camps are profiled in "Holocaust Histories" podcast.
Sydney Morning Herald13d
Nine must-do highlights of Thessaloniki, Greece
Greece’s second city, Thessaloniki, gave the world Greece ... Now, the White Tower is a museum telling the city’s story since its founding, around 315 BC, with an exhibition on each floor.
Nine must-do highlights of Thessaloniki, Greece
Greece’s second city, Thessaloniki, gave the world Greece’s best-known street snack – the souvlaki skewers and pita-gyro.
Arizona Jewish Post8d
Holocaust trains are jewel of collection of Greek train enthusiast. But are they real?
By August, the Jewish community of the city ... now 83 and the founder and curator of the Railway Museum of Thessaloniki. “That is history.” After the war, Kontopoulos followed his passion and joined ...
salom21d
Days of Disgrace in our History: September 6-7, 1955
On the night of September 5, a blast bomb explodes in Thessaloniki near the garden ... The Quincentennial Foundation Museum of Turkish Jews is opening an exhibition of Ketubbot (Jewish wedding ...
At the Maine Jewish Museum, an art exhibit, a protest – then a conversation
On a frigid night in January, the Maine Jewish Museum in Portland hosted a talk with photographer Hedva Rokach, who was ...
wmar2news1d
After 18 months, revamped Jewish Museum of Maryland opens
"The whole renovation of the museum, and the way it's been transformed, is in a participatory way, so we want the public to ...