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Holocaust Museum of Thessaloniki Finally Gets Building Approval
The municipality of Thessaloniki finally approved the construction of the Holocaust Museum, a decade after the project was conceived. It took a legislative regulation and two Presidential Decrees to resolve a series of issues, from ownership to land uses...
Greek News
Jews in Greece Commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day
On the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KIS) has said that the responsibility to pass on the memory of the Holocaust “is a sacred mission.”
In a statement, KIS...
Culture
Restored Synagogue Opens in Trikala, Greece
Members of Jewish communities from all over the world attended the grand opening of the renovated synagogue in Trikala, Greece this week.
The celebration at the Kahal Kadosh Yavanim synagogue, which was destroyed in 1930, began last Friday when the...
Greek News
Jewish Family in US Helps Greeks Who Saved Them From Nazis
A woman whose Jewish family in Greece was saved from the Nazis by a Greek family has found a small way to reciprocate in the US.
Josephine Velelli Becker never forgot that brave act to save her Jewish family. Eighty...
Diplomacy
Greek, Turkish, Israeli Diplomats Get Together to Mark Hanukkah
The Greek, Turkish and Israeli Ambassadors to the US got together on Sunday in New York in an event to mark the end of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights.
In an extremely rare show of unity between the three...
Greek News
Greek Minister Apologizes for Auschwitz Remark
A newly appointed Greek minister apologized to the Jewish community for a remark he made in 2009 about Auschwitz and the Holocaust.
Thanos Plevris, a lawyer, who became Minister for Health after Tuesday's cabinet reshuffle said on Wednesday that the...