May 8, 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. The word heavy is in no way sufficient to describe the price humanity paid as a result of this war. Millions dead, 23.000.000 soldiers, 57.000.000 civilians. Among them 6.000.000 Jews.
People who did not perish on the battlefields, but were stigmatized, hunted, displaced, tortured, exterminated", emphasizes the Israeli Community of Thessaloniki in its announcement regarding the completion of 75 years since the end of the Second World War
"Today we reverently bend the knee and honor the memory of those who gave their lives to fight the unthinkable and put an end to a nightmare that was based on the prevalence of racism and intolerance. At the same time, we remember and honor those who, after the devastation, found the strength to look ahead and invest in the future in life.
Every word, every act that brings anti-Semitism back into our daily lives today not only insults the memory of the Jews who were killed by the Nazis, but every person who fought against this ideology. These people are Heroes in their entirety," emphasizes the vice-president of the World Jewish Congress, president of KISE and the Israelite Community of Thessaloniki, David Saltiel.
Source: NATION, 8.5.2020