Discovering The Jews of Greece

[@sheilacoh]

77,178 Greek Jews lived in Greece before the second World War. 67,092 of them were murdered by the Nazi monsters. The Jewish people suffered tremendously . All those who turn victims of vicious hatred and racism into perpetrators -are simply antisemites. They relate all calamities in the world, to the Jews... Evil never ceases to exist... However, the Greek people are kind and enlightened. My father fought , side by side, with the brave Greek partisans , against the Nazis, and my mother, and her whole little community ,were saved by Mayor Lukas Karrer and Archbishop Chrisostomos Dimitri - on the island of Zakynthos with its noble Zakythinian people . Their kindness and courage shall never be forgotten!

[@pollentree]

God Bless Israel and Greece

[@Athenian888]

The vast majority of Greek people love Jews. We regard them as our brothers and sisters and have lived thousands of years together in total peace.Please disregard the few vociferous fascists that post bullshit, they are not even 1 % . Israel for ever and may we always be allies ! Love and kisses. :)

[@priestessmikokikyo77]

My great grandparents died in a desperate attempt to escape the Nazi's in Greece. They fled to the mountains RIP Hero's

[@darrellestes3046]

God bless Israel and Greece, and God bless the Classroom Without Borders.

[@larosadesierta9146]

Thank you for sharing...shalom x

[@Nudnik1]

Greeks good people . Helped Jews..Today Israel and Greeks will share huge gas reserves off Cyprus and Israeli coast. Shalom

[@yigiteryil]

mitzvos Golem do not forget Turkey

[@chrischristo4545]

I love the Jewish people God bless Israel

[@silverkitty2503]

Even when they found out germany had lost they murdered a whole town? For what reason? Their sick anger?

[@elenapapoulis1250]

Some good some bad but the Greeks don't take a lot of bullshit they are a resilient race sometimes taking risk for others when they don't have to but in the name of justice and fairness there is no race to compare Cyprus is a very people loving nation but both countries never cowar they are strong minded and yes god blessed them with natural resources they are a beautiful people and accurate historians

[@kz11377]

@Chana Bayla And a lot of them were saved because the Greeks helped them. It was different from city to city.

[@evaggeliag7845]

@Chana Bayla who did nothing idiot? 420.000 greek civilians and soldiers lost their lifes due to the war.

[@Sikader]

The big irony is that a Jew had managed to convince the NAZIs that the Sepharadic Jews of Thessaloniki were not genetically Jews and almost got an exception which would have saved their lives, until another Jew, one of the most prominent members of the Jewish community in Thessaloniki, was outraged at that idea and railed against it, with devastating consequences. Furthermore, the Romaniote Jews also existed in Thessaloniki, and of course live there for 23 centuries, not 23 years as somebody erroneously said in the video. The use of tombstones as building material for other purposes might be a sacrilege, but even the ancient Athenians recycled their old tombstones to build walls in order to defend their city in times of need. Those who destroyed the tombstones are the guilty ones.

[@semsemeini7905]

Shame that Spain or Turkey had not granted them all blanket citizenship. They could have been saved.Our neighbor in Cairo was from Ianinna. Many Jews from Salonika were in Egypt. They also spoke french as they went to French speaking schools.

[@yakupkeser9672]

Do you know?What was there before the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki ?Jewish synagogue and cemetery...

[@guskalo1981]

A shame of history. Peace all.

[@georgeevangel855]

Man is the cruelest animal-Neitsche

[@Josh7510]

Mans inhumane to man.....horrible......but what about the Catholic's, the gays, the partisans etc. etc. etc. where are the Jews on remembrance day, armistice day, Anzac day.....the world is not just about making money it's also about helping people and having a balanced view on history.......without this were back in Neo N Germany circa 1930's... Yuck

[@sallyray515]

Well hada, I am Jewish and I have participates in all kinds of memorial days,and even Anzac day when I was in Oz.Where were the Jews you ask?.Both my father and my father-in-law fought during world war 2 to cover your ass as well (I assume you are an ozzi)-my father in Albania with the Greek soldiers and my father in law as a pilot with the Americans army. I am sick and tired of people who don't know me and my family and probably any Jewish person who tell me I am all about making money. I am a retired public schoolteacher-I guess that makes me superrich in your eyes-don't tell me about "helping"people and having a balanced view of history--seems like you need to be balanced yourself. Read history, make some Jewish friends, take some classes so you know from whence you speak. I have many Catholic friends, and have gone many times to mass at a Catholic church.How many times have you gone to a shabbat or to a Jewish service?

[@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt]

As a Greek I must say that hundreds Jewish soldiers fought inside the ranks of the Greek army in Albania in 1940-41.One great hero of ours is Mordechai Frizis who was the most senior officer of the Greek army who died in battle.

[@Nudnik1]

Greeks good people . Helped Jews..Today Israel and Greeks will share huge gas reserves off Cyprus and Israeli coast. Shalom