Greece
Crime
Nazi Slogans Sprayed at Jewish Cemetery in Athens
Greek Police on Monday said that investigations are underway to locate and arrest the perpetrators who wrote Nazi slogans on the outer wall of the Jewish cemetery in the Athens southern suburb of Nikaia, late on Sunday night.
The Israeli...
Crime
Vandals Desecrate Jewish Cemetery in Trikala, Central Greece
Vandals desecrated the Jewish cemetery in Trikala, central Greece destroying eight tombstones, including two that belong to the parents of the president of the Jewish Community of Trikala.
The incident took place last week but was made known after the...
Crime
Athens Jewish Cemetery Vandalized by Neo-Nazi Group
The main Jewish cemetery in Athens was vandalized by a Greek neo-Nazi group, known as C-18. The vandals sprayed vulgar words and swastikas on the walls, as well as the German word “Raus” which means get out.
The C-18 group,...
Greece
Larissa Jewish Cemetery Desecrated
Vandals desecrated the Jewish cemetery in the central Greek city of Larissa, spraying swastikas and threats on the cemetery wall.
A swastika was sprayed on the gates of the cemetery, while the word “Juden,” the Nazi SS symbol, and the...
Crime
Vandals Desecrate Jewish Cemetery in Thessaloniki
A caretaker of the Jewish cemetery of Thessaloniki arrived to a horrible scene on Thursday morning, May 28, as reported by Daniel Saletiel, head of the Jewish community of Thessaloniki. The graves had been vandalized, ornaments had been smashed and...
Greece
How Brave Greek Islanders Saved a Jewish Family During the Holocaust
The story of how locals at the Greek island of Erikousa joined forces to save a family of Jews from certain death in the Holocaust.
Crime
Thessaloniki Mayor Vows to Protect City's Jewish Heritage
Thessaloniki Mayor Yiannis Boutaris said Friday that Jewish monuments will continue to be repaired no matter how many times they are vandalized.
"Even if they vandalize the monuments one hundred times we will repair them one hundred and ten times,"...
Greece
Silent Protest at Vandalized Jewish Monument in Thessaloniki
Dozens of Thessaloniki residents assembled on Monday for a silent protest at the site of a Jewish monument in the city which was vandalized last week.
Its marble slabs, featuring writing in Hebrew, were shattered by an unknown group of...
Greece
Moses Constantinis, Central Board of Jewish Communities Fmr. President, Passes Away
The Embassy of Israel in Greece announced the death of Moses Constantinis, former President of the Central Jewish Council of Greece (KIS), on Thursday. He was 86 years old.
The embassy statement stresses that Constantinis worked to promote the issues...
Greece
Desecration of Jewish Graves in Greece Stuns Community (photos)
The Greek Jewish community has expressed anger and despair after a Jewish cemetery in Nikaia near Athens was vandalized on Friday.
The head of the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece, or KIS, Minos Moissis, said he was “very...
Greece
Lost WWII Jewish Headstones Found in Greece
In a find that local Jewish groups have described as highly significant, Greek police said that hundreds of marble headstones and other fragments from Jewish graves destroyed during the Nazi occupation in World War II have been recovered.
The 668...
Culture
The Greek Village Where Christians and Muslims Live in Harmony
Platani is a beautiful village on the Greek island of Kos in the Dodecanese complex, where Christians and Muslims coexist in harmony. The village has remained untouched through the years and continues to attract visitors with its diversity.
A Jewish...
Greece
The Greek Jew Who Fought in Crimea, Asia Minor, and Two World Wars
Mordechai Frizis (Μαρδοχαίος Φριζής), who fought in the Crimea and in the doomed Asia Minor campaign as well as the two World Wars, was the first senior officer in the Greek Army to fall on the battlefield during the...
Cyprus
Turkish Occupation Continues to Erase Ancient Heritage of Cyprus
Since the military invasion of Cyprus by the Turkish army during the summer of 1974, countless reports have been published about the atrocities the Turkish forces committed on the beautiful Mediterranean island.
But less known is the continuous effort by...
Greece
The Holocaust of Greek Jews
Once thriving communities in several Greek cities, about 59,000 Greek Jews were victims of the Holocaust or 83 percent of the total number living in Greece at the time of World War II and the German Occupation.
Thessaloniki was the cultural...