NEWS FROM COMMUNITIES

Greece

Jewish cemetery vandalised in Volos

The Central Board of the Jewish Communities in Greece calls the prosecuting authorities to apprehend those responsible.

Railway site of a forced labour camp for Jews during the Shoah in Phthiotis to be restored

A railway site in central Greece where dozens of Greek Jews died during the Nazi occupation after being conscripted for hard labour will be restored and turned into a public memorial and exhibition space.

Free digital archive on the history of Jewish communities in Greece to be unveiled

The project “Josephus” will offer an unprecedented repository of more than 212,000 unique documents and over 2 million digital records.

Ninety-one religious and ceremonial artefacts stolen by the Nazis returned by Poland to Greece

The objects were stolen from synagogues in Thessaloniki by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg, a Nazi agency dedicated to looting Jewish property.

Greek government arrested and detained the leader of Samidoun Europe in Crete

Samidoun is widely described by governments and security experts as a front organisation linked to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a designated terrorist organisation.

Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KIS) decries Thessaly region’s decision to cancel journalist’s speech at Holocaust ceremony in Volos

KIS highlighted that journalist Sakis Moumtzis “is recognized as a strong opponent of antisemitism” and that his participation was intended to reinforce the educational and commemorative purpose of the event.
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