Tag Archives: Thessaloniki (Salonika)

There is still a lot to tell

Posted on by under Central Ukraine, Eastern Galicia, Exhibition, Jewish Cemeteries

Galicia, Kyiv, Greece and some exhibitions. There is still a lot to tell about the past year. The forced break caused by the corona virus gives me the opportunity to do it.

Lviv – Tikvat Zion synagogue
Lviv – Tikvat Zion synagogue
Lviv – Yiddish shop sign
Lviv – trace of a mezuzah
Brody – mezuzah
Brody – trace of a mezuzah
Pomoriany – destroyed Jewish cemetery
Pomoriany – destroyed Jewish cemetery
Pomoriany – destroyed Jewish cemetery
Pomoriany – cold storage made from Jewish tombstones
Pomoriany – cold storage made from Jewish tombstones
Pomoriany – former collective farm
Pomoriany – former collective farm
Pomoriany – former collective farm
Pomoriany – former collective farm
Vienna airport – traveling Hasidim
Vienna airport – traveling Hasidim
Vienna airport – traveling Hasidim
Kyiv – exhibition opening at Triptych: Global Arts Workshop – © Triptych: Global Arts Workshop
Kyiv – exhibition opening at Triptych: Global Arts Workshop – © Triptych: Global Arts Workshop
Kyiv – German Embassy – © Myroslava Hartmond
Kyiv – House with Chimaeras
Kyiv – House with Chimaeras
Kyiv – Podil Synagogue and Community Centre
Kyiv – Podil Synagogue and Community Centre
Ioannina – house decoration
Ioannina – house decoration
Cologne – exhibition opening at Lew Kopelew Forum
Cologne – exhibition opening at Lew Kopelew Forum – © Lew Kopelew Forum
Cologne – exhibition flyer

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Jerusalem of the Balkans

Posted on by under Balkans, Jewish Cemeteries

The Greek city of Thessaloniki had 53,000 Jewish residents before the German occupation in World War II. The vast majority was murdered in Auschwitz, Treblinka and Sobibor. Less than 2,000 survived. My friends Eleftheria and Tsako showed me some of the places where the heritage of the once largest ethnic group of the city is still visible.

Thessalonik, view from Ano Polis
Thessaloniki Jewish cemetery, survivors grave
Thessaloniki Jewish cemetery
Thessaloniki Jewish cemetery
Thessaloniki Jewish cemetery
Thessaloniki Jewish cemetery
Thessaloniki Jewish cemetery, Holocaust memorial
Thessaloniki Jewish cemetery, monument for soldiers of WW I
Thessaloniki Jewish cemetery, survivors grave
Thessaloniki Jewish cemetery, survivors grave
Thessaloniki Jewish cemetery
Thessaloniki synagogue
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