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Memory and action: these two words capture the message of this year's Holocaust anniversary, which was commemorated in Larissa on Tuesday, January 29, 2013. The event began in Jewish Martyrs' Square - the space that the city of Larissa has dedicated to its Jewish citizens, who were led to an unnecessary and martyred death in the Nazi death camps - with a memorial service by the Rabbi of Larissa Mr. Ilias Sabetai and laying of wreaths by representatives of political and military authorities, agencies and associations of the city, as well as Israeli Communities and Organizations.
The ceremony followed in the packed Larissa Synagogue, which was opened by the death camp survivor - now the only one in Larissa - Mrs. Naki Bega, lighting, accompanied by a haunting melody from the violin of the professor of the Larissa Conservatory, Mr. Dimitris Karamanolis, six candles in memory of the 6.000.000 victims of the Holocaust.
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On December 15, 2012, the Community Center welcomed the members of the Community, as well as many guests, to the event prepared by the Board of Directors and the Spiritual Action Committee, to honor Mrs. Rita Moses, for her many years of valuable contribution to the community project . As the event coincided with the last day of the Hanukkah holiday, it began with the lighting of the Hanukkah candles by Rabbi Mr. Elias Shabetai. Immediately after, the president of the Community, Mr. Maurice Magrizos, took the floor, who in very warm words outlined the personality of the honoree and presented her continuous contribution to community events, for over twenty years.
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On Saturday afternoon, December 8, 2012, the ladies of WIZO and AVIV, custodians of our traditions, invited the members of the Community to the established event, which they prepare every year, to remember and celebrate together the miracle of the festival of light. The president of WIZO, Mrs. Stella Fellous, gave a warm welcome and the Rabbi, Mr. Elias Sabetai, lit the first candle in the Hanukkah and mentioned in a few words the meaning of the celebration of the opening of the temple.
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An important project of preserving memory and culture was recently completed in the Community of Larissa, that of highlighting, mapping and recording the monuments of the old part of the Jewish cemetery. In this section there are graves dating from 1860, most of which had sunk into the ground, while their slabs had blackened and their inscriptions had been erased.
The initiative to map the old graves belongs to the Board of Directors of the Community, which in this way wanted to record the names of the people who lived and died in the Community of Larissa and, on the other hand, to ensure that anyone interested would be able to easily locate and surely the graves of his dear dead.
More: AWARD TO VICTOR VENOUZIOU for the LARISSA CEMETERY PROJECT
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The children of the Jewish school of Larissa were this year the protagonists in the Day of Remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust. Under the guidance of their worthy teacher, Ms. Rifkas Varouch, they gave a very special note to these two events, as they very successfully combined their vitality and talent with sensitivity and emotion.