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Jewish Holocaust Survivor’s Letter Buried in Auschwitz Uncovered

A Greek-Jewish Holocaust survivor's letter buried in Auschwitz and revealing an astonishing story of human perseverance and courage was restored as a testament to the crimes committed by the Nazi regime. In 1944, Marcel Nadjari, a Greek Jew who was...

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.

Israeli Official Eyes Greek Islands as “Safe Haven for the Jewish People”

A representative from Israel is looking to purchase a number of small Greek islands to serve as a safe haven for Jewish people, according to the newspaper Haaretz. Avri Steiner, a representative of the centrist party Kahol Lavan, proposed that...

‘Cloudy Sunday’: The Untold Story of Jewish Greeks in Thessaloniki

The moving film "Cloudy Sunday," which was released in 2021, tells the poignant and tragic story of the Greek-Jewish population of Thessaloniki during WWII. Cloudy Sunday: The Story Against the wider backdrop of WWII, the film follows two lovers, Estrea and...

When a Greek Woman Met the Jewish Family She Saved During Holocaust

In 2019, 92-year-old Melpomeni Dina, from the town of Veria in northern Greece, met for the first time in Jerusalem the descendants of a Jewish family she helped save during the Holocaust. One by one, the 40 descendants of the...

American Friends of Jewish Museum of Greece Send Passover Greetings

The President of the American Friends of the Jewish Museum of Greece, sent Passover greetings and gave an update on the Museum's reopening.

Greece Condemns Vandalism of Thessaloniki’s Jewish Mural

Greece condemned the vandalism of a street mural in Thessaloniki which depicts the extermination of the city's Jews in Nazi camps.

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...

President Pavlopoulos Officially Opens New Wing of Jewish Museum in Thessaloniki

The President of the Republic Prokopios Pavlopoulos officially opened the new wing of the Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki on Sunday afternoon. In his remarks, President Pavlopoulos noted the need to remember that the Holocaust was the most atrocious crime against humanity...

Jewish Communities Welcome Greek Minister's Denunciation of Neo-Nazi Past

The Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece expressed appreciation for the denunciation by Agricultural Development & Food Minister Makis Voridis of his neo-Nazi past. In a radio interview, Board Secretary General Victor Eliezer had called on Voridis to explicitly...

Greece's Jewish Communities Congratulate Country's First Jewish Mayor

The Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece on Monday congratulated Dr. Moses Elisaf on his election as mayor of the city of Ioannina, in northwestern Greece. "For the Greek Jewry," the board's announcement said, "the success of Moses Elisaf signals...

First Ever Jewish Mayor Elected in Greece

A Jewish candidate has been elected on Sunday mayor of Ioannina, the main city in the region of Epirus, making him the first Greek-Jewish mayor in the country. Running as an independent Moisis Elisaf won 50.3 percent of the vote...

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,"...

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...

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...