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Greek, Israeli Leaders Lay First Stone of Thessaloniki Holocaust Museum

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and visiting Israeli President Reuven Rivlin laid the foundation stone for a Holocaust Museum in Thessaloniki on Tuesday. "Thessaloniki’s Holocaust Museum is a tribute to the thousands of Greek Jews exterminated in concentration camps," Tsipras...

Greece Says Holocaust Museum Will Help 'Redress' Injustices

Greece on Saturday said a planned Holocaust museum in Thessaloniki, scene of thousands of Nazi deportations during WWII, would be part of efforts to "redress historical injustices against the Greek Jewish community". In a statement to mark Holocaust Memorial Day,...

Thessaloniki Holocaust Museum Construction Under Way

Preparatory work for the construction of the Holocaust Museum in Thessaloniki, is expected to begin over the next few days. Plans are due to be completed in 2018 so that a tender for the project can be held, the president...

Construction of Holocaust Museum in Thessaloniki to Start in January

The mayor of Thessaloniki announced that construction for the long awaited Holocaust Museum in the city, will begin in January. Yannis Boutaris said during a meeting of the municipal council on Tuesday, that the museum "will be a project of...

Greek PM and Netanyahou Unveil Plaque for Holocaust Museum in Thessaloniki

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Cypriot President Nicos Anastasides  attended the ceremony of the unveiling of the plaque for the Holocaust Museum in Thessaloniki by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Thursday. Tsipras said the aim of the museum...

U.S. Ambassador Pyatt, Tzitzikostas and Boutaris Discuss Boosting Investments, New Holocaust Museum

Boosting investments in Macedonia and the creation of a Holocaust Museum in Thessaloniki was discussed in a series of meetings between U.S. Ambassador to Greece, Geoffrey Pyatt, the regional governor Apostolos Tzitzikostas and city mayor Yiannis Boutaris on Friday. During...

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...

Holocaust Museum to Be Build in Greece

Thessaloniki, Greece's second-largest city, on Friday unveiled plans to build a Holocaust museum to honor some 46,000 Jewish residents deported and killed in Nazi Germany's death camps during World War II. "This is the fulfillment of a historic responsibility for...

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...

Author, Speaker, Holocaust Survivor Rosina Pardo Dies At 87

Rosina Pardo, who was an author, speaker and a Greek Holocaust survivor, has died in Thessaloniki at age 87. The Jewish Community of Thessaloniki announced her death on Monday. Pardo’s story was told in her best-selling book from 2005, "548 Days...

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...

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...

Israeli President to Visit Vandalized Holocaust Statue in Thessaloniki

Israeli media reported on Sunday that the country's president, Reuven Rivlin, asked that his itinerary for this week's state visit to Greece be changed so he can see a Holocaust memorial in Thessaloniki. The memorial had been tampered with by...

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...

Greece Celebrates Museum Day with Free Admission for the Whole Week

Greece's museums celebrate International Museum Day on May 18 with free admission to many museums and cultural events for the whole week. Cultural activities, guided tours, speeches, exhibitions, educational programs, interactive workshops, screenings and even a children's sleepover are some...