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Jerusalem Post/Opinion

Hanukka in Jewish Thessaloniki with light and miracles

Although Jewish life in Thessaloniki flourished, the community was often faced with the threat of destruction throughout history, and survived.

HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR Janna Saatsoglou sits in front of a Holocaust monument during the 70th anniversary of the first deportation of Jews from Thessaloniki to Auschwitz in Thessaloniki.
HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR Janna Saatsoglou sits in front of a Holocaust monument during the 70th anniversary of the first deportation of Jews from Thessaloniki to Auschwitz in Thessaloniki.
(photo credit: REUTERS)
ByELIAS MESSINAS
DECEMBER 18, 2017 20:27

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