Thessaloniki, my hometown
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Thessaloniki, Greece, July 11, 1942, "The Black Sabbath". New photographs of that day's gathering of Greek Jews by the German occupation forces come to life by Andreas Assael; he bought them in a German flea-market recently, bought and edited them. On one of the photos Andreas recognized his father. 45.000 Greek Jews never came back from the German death camps. Only 1.100 survived.
Aristotelous Square, Thessaloniki, Greece
In Saloniki, Greece, on November 11, 1942, 9000 Jewish men aged 18-45 were ordered by the German army to come to Eleftheria (Freedom) Square to be registered for forced labor. For hours they were forced to stand in the sun while suffering abuse and humiliation directed toward them by the German soldiers. The incident became known by local Jews as the “Black Sabbath”.
The Umbrellas, Thessaloniki, Greece
Olympion building at Aristorelous Square, Thessaloniki, Greece
