During a visit to Thessaloniki, U.S. Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt said that the plan…
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On This Day April 8, 1943: Thessaloniki Boys High School Loses 143 Students in Single Day
Thessaloniki has imported a tradition from Germany where locals embed plaques into pavement near homes…
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Today, the northern Greek city of Alexandroupoli honors the memory of the approximately 150 Greek-Jews…
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Two short films about the Holocaust in Greece — produced by Americans and supported in…
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Today marks the 74th anniversary of a revolt by Jewish prisoners at Auschwitz-Birkenau in which…
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On This Day September 9, 1943: Light During Darkness of the Holocaust on Zakynthos Island
On September 9 1943, the head of the Nazi German occupation forces on the Greek…
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May 31, 1944 was a somber day in world history — when an ancient community was forever…
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As Greeks, we were raised with the slogan “Freedom or Death” in our hearts and…
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By Gregory PappasCultureHistory
Holocaust Remembrance Day: Remembering Victims, Those Who Tried to Stop It
When you look at the facts and the cruel fate of Greece’s Jews, it would…
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Three Greek Orthodox Christian Hierarchs Who Tried to Stop the Holocaust in Their Country
Stories of death and annihilation are usually those associated with the Holocaust. But included are…