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The President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier and the President of the Hellenic Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, on 29.10.2024, visited together the premises of the Greek Holocaust Museum under construction in Thessaloniki, they spoke with two Holocaust survivors from I. K. Thessaloniki and symbolically planted two pomegranate trees.
Mr. Steinmeier presented the Museum with a scrapbook of photographs from Ioannina showing the transport of Romani Greek Jews, who lived there, to the Nazi concentration camps and, as he said, the first photograph shows a girl crying and from her face he understands nobody what was about to happen.
The president of the Central Jewish Council of Greece and president of I.K. Thessaloniki, David Saltiel, who received it, stated that this album will be the first historical document to be placed in the new Museum.
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The President of the Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou, as part of her visit to Poland for the 19th Informal Meeting of the Heads of State of the Arraiolos Group (11.10.24), went to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
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On the occasion of the celebration of the new Jewish year 5785, the special envoy for the fight against anti-Semitism, Ambassador Chrysoula Aliferi, sent the following letter to KISE:
"Dear Mr. President and Mr. Secretary General,
On the occasion of the upcoming Jewish New Year Rosh Asana, I wish you, the members of the Central Jewish Council of Greece and your families, as well as all the Jews in Greece, that the new Jewish year brings sweet moments with health, love, happiness and every good.
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Twenty-four kilometers from Karditsa and at an altitude of 720 meters is the Amarantos village of Agrafio (formerly Mastrogianni). In its central square, a monument dominates - a symbol for the Jewish history of the region. A monument different from the others because it is not dedicated to the memory of the Jews who perished, but to the memory of their saviors, the residents of the village who, during the German Occupation, gave safe shelter to 62 people, the entire Jewish community of Karditsa, together with another 20 people from other communities: 8 Jews from Thessaloniki, 5 from Trikala and 7 from Volos. The Gratitude and Recognition Monument - engraved with the words "Whoever saves a life saves the whole world" - was placed in the square of Amaranto in 2017, following the initiative and sponsorship of Viktoros Venouzios, whose family was saved by hiding in the village.
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Between 16 – 18.03.2024, the ENE Council organized a seminar on anti-Semitism entitled “Bridges of Resilience: Understanding and Combating Antisemitism”. The seminar was held in Thessaloniki, at the Youth Center of I.K. Thessaloniki (IKTH), and was attended by 39 participants from all over Greece, but also from many other European countries (Spain, Czech Republic, Serbia, Germany, etc.).
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