anti-semitism in greece

Vandals again desecrate Holocaust memorial in Thessaloniki, once home to largest Sephardic community in Europe

The memorial, installed in 2014, was previously vandalized in 2018 twice and once in 2019.

By Ron Kampeas December 30, 2022 4:10 pm

Thanos Plervis. (The Hellenic Parliament)

Greece appoints health minister who defended his father’s desire to see Jews in Auschwitz

Thanos Plervis wrote on Facebook that he “completely disagrees” with his father and “never meant to offend the Jewish people and I apologize if I did.”

September 2, 2021 12:21 pm

The aftermath of anti-Semitic vandalism at the synagogue of Larissa, Greece on Dec. 3, 2020. (Courtesy of the Jewish Community of Larissa)

‘Jesus Wins’ spray-painted on synagogue and Holocaust monument in Greece

Police are looking for the unidentified vandal, whom witnesses described as middle-aged and said was carrying a poster with Christian religious symbols.

December 4, 2020 3:01 pm