Jews in Thessaloniki
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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...
events
'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...
Greece
Thessaloniki Woos Tourists by Showcasing its Jewish Heritage
Thessaloniki is more than just Greece's second city; it is a place with its own unique and rich cultural heritage, including that of the hundreds of thousands of Jews who once called it home.
This long Jewish cultural heritage is...