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Greek Jews of Rhodes Commemorate Holocaust Victims With Silent March (video)
Descendants of the Greek Jews of Rhodes converged on the island from all quarters on Tuesday for a memorial gathering to commemorate their ancestors who perished in the Holocaust.
The descendants marched from the Holocaust Memorial located in the Medieval...
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Thousands March in Thessaloniki in Memory of Holocaust Victims (video)
A silent march was held on Sunday to mark the 76th year since the departure of the first "death trains" which carried Thessaloniki Jews to their doom at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
At least two thousand people gathered at Thessaloniki's...
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Greek Jewish Holocaust Victims Remembered in IHRA Event in Kavala
The Swiss embassy in Greece is organizing a one-day conference in Kavala on October 21-22 in memory of the thousands of Greek Jews of Eastern Macedonia who were murdered in Nazi concentration camps during the occupation of the area...
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Cypriot Delegation in Efforts to Honor Holocaust Victims
A populous delegation representing the Republic of Cyprus contributes and participates in an international initiative to express solidarity, respect and honor the millions of Holocaust victims, condemning anti-Semitism, racism and xenophobia, wherever it comes from, underlined a Foreign Affairs press...
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Monument In Memory of the Holocaust Victims to Be Built in Thessaloniki
A plate depicting the names of the Jewish martyrs of Thessaloniki that were led to German concentration camps and were brutally murdered will be offered to the large Greek city by Germany. The monument will be positioned in Eleftheria...
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Ioannina Celebrates Day of Remembrance for Jewish Holocaust Victims
The Prefecture of Epirus, in cooperation with the Cultural Centre of the Municipality of Ioannina and the local Israeli Community, is organizing a commemorative event for the “Day of Remembrance for the Greek-Jewish Holocaust Victims and Heroes” on Saturday,...
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Thessaloniki Honors Jewish Victims of Holocaust
A memorial in honor of Greek Jews killed during World War II was held in Eleftherias Square in Thessaloniki, at the same spot where thousands were rounded up to be deported to Nazi concentration camps some 64 years ago.
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Greece’s Foreign Ministry Condemns Anti-Semitic Graffiti Found on Synagogue, Holocaust Memorial in Larissa
The Greek Foreign Ministry condemned anti-Semitic graffiti found on a synagogue and Holocaust memorial in Larissa in a statement released on Friday, describing the act as "abhorrent" and "heinous."
According to a press release by the Jewish Community of Larissa,...
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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...
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Thessaloniki Unveils Holocaust Memorial Events
Greece's second city, Thessaloniki, will pay tribute to the victims of the WWII Holocaust with a series of events starting next week.
The northern city, which once had a pre-war Jewish population of 54,000, will host films, concerts and exhibitions...
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Jewish Holocaust Memorial Honors 106-year-old Thessaloniki Woman
Yad Vashem; Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust, recognized a 106-year-old woman from Thessaloniki and her late husband, as Righteous Among the Nations in a ceremony last week.
During the Holocaust, where thousands of thriving members of...
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'Stolpersteine' Stones of Remembrance to be Laid at the Port of Thessaloniki for Jewish Victims of Nazis
Thessaloniki will lay five “stolpersteine” at the port on October 19 to commemorate five victims of the Holocaust who worked at the port during World War II, the city announced on Thursday.
The small, cobblestone-size concrete cubes bearing a brass plate...
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Greek Parliament Honors Jewish Holocaust Survivors
The Greek parliament will honor the Greek Jewish victims and survivors of the holocaust during a ceremony on January 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
It is the first time since 2004, when the Greek parliament established the Day of Remembrance for...
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Greek PM Visits Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday visited the museum of the Holocaust and paid tribute to the victims of the Nazis.
"We are in a place of particular historical symbolism. In my first visit as prime minister in Jerusalem I...
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Greek Foreign Ministry Issues Statement on Holocaust Remembrance Day
The Greek Foreign Ministry on Tuesday issued a statement on the 70-year anniversary since the liberation of Auschwitz.
“Today, on its National Memorial Day for the Greek Jewish Heroes and Martyrs of the Holocaust, Greece is standing against forgetfulness and joins its...