Thessaloniki

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

How this Jewish refugee became Times Square’s queen of porn

“Queen of the Deuce” tells the unlikely story of Chelly Wilson, a Greek Jewish lesbian who narrowly escaped the Holocaust.

November 11, 2022 11:04 am

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, son of Holocaust survivors, is working to preserve Jewish history

Bourla is dedicating his $1 million Genesis Prize award to Holocaust memory initiatives, including the creation of a Holocaust museum in his hometown of Thessaloniki, Greece.

January 26, 2022 4:33 pm

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his wife, Susan, left, visit the Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki, Greece with members of the local Jewish community on Sept. 28, 2020. (Giannis Papanikos/AFP via Getty Images)

Mike Pompeo’s Yom Kippur visit to Thessaloniki posed ‘dilemma’ for Greek Jews

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 29, 2020 6:24 pm

Thousands hold silent march through Greek city of Thessaloniki to mark 1943 Nazi transport

By Marcy Oster March 18, 2019 3:17 pm

Escape room in Greece drops Schindler’s List name

By Marcy Oster March 5, 2019 10:52 am

Greek Holocaust memorial vandalized

By Marcy Oster January 27, 2019 11:14 am

Greek Holocaust memorial vandalized for second time in 2 weeks

July 11, 2018 7:10 am

Greek mayor attacked by far-right protesters

May 21, 2018 12:52 pm

Salonica Holocaust memorial vandalized

January 25, 2018 5:41 am

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