Holocaust Memorial
Crime
Greece, US Condemn Vandalism of the Holocaust Memorial in Thessaloniki
Vandals desecrated earlier in the week a Holocaust memorial in Thessaloniki, a Greek city whose population once had a Jewish plurality.
A photo appearing Thursday on the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece website showed a red swastika daubed...
Crime
Holocaust Memorial in Thessaloniki Vandalized
Vandals spray painted a swastika on the Holocaust Memorial in Thessaloniki, on Friday night.
The Eleftherias Square Memorial, a bronze sculpture that depicts a menorah with human bodies intertwined into its flames, has been the target of far-right saboteurs in the...
Greece
Vandals Attack Thessaloniki Holocaust Memorial
Outrage has followed the vandalism of a Holocaust memorial in Greece's second city of Thessaloniki.
The words "Golden Dawn" -- the name of a Greek far-right party -- were daubed on the base of the sculpture which commemorates the 54,000...
Crime
Holocaust Memorial Vandalized in Kavala, Northern Greece
A Holocaust memorial in Kavala, northern Greece, was partially destroyed on Wednesday night, local media reported. The vandalism occurred only a few days after a holocaust monument in Arta was desecrated with paint.
As reported by Ekathimerini, the vandals appear...
Diaspora
Remembering 70 Years Since the Holocaust in Kalavryta
An event in remembrance of 70 years since the holocaust, took place on Saturday morning in Kalavryta, Greece. A memorial service for the victims was held in the metropolitan cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in the presence...
Greece
Holocaust Memorial Defaced in Rhodes
A Holocaust memorial in Rhodes was defaced by unknown vandals.
The Holocaust Memorial to the Jews of Rhodes was spray painted with swastikas on all six sides of the memorial. The initials AME also were spray painted on the monument,...