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by Eleni Bibikou
"In modern European Greece and also in democratic Thessaloniki there is no place for fascism and Nazism. Those who make the mistake of persisting in these practices know that History will remind them of what happened." stressed the Vice-President of the European Commission, Margaritis Schoinas, during his visit on 10.10.2021 to the Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki, while at the same time he assured the Jewish communities of Europe that the European Union will support them in the face of modern threats.
Mr. Schinas sent a clear message that Thessaloniki is a European metropolis that cannot accommodate hate speech. "Both as a Greek and as a Thessalonian I want to express the will of my compatriots and fellow citizens that Thessaloniki will always remain a European metropolis of extroversion, democracy, peaceful coexistence, and dialogue. A European metropolis where assault battalions, rhetoric and symbols of hate do not fit".
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The president of the "Greece 2021" Committee, Gianna Angelopoulou - Daskalaki, was named honorary president of the Greece-Israel Friendship Association in manifestation held on Wednesday 1η September 2021, at the Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki. Mrs. Angelopoulou is the first person to be named honorary president since 1965, when the Association was established. Its announcement was made following a relevant joint initiative of the Association, the Israelite Community of Thessaloniki and the Jewish Museum.
Ms. Angelopoulou stated that this is a "great honor". "I stated that I will do everything to help from my side. The truth is that here in Thessaloniki years ago, the Jewish community was happy, created and flourished".
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On Wednesday 1 September 2021 and time 12:00-14:00, η ΙIsraelite Community of Thessaloniki, The Greece - Israel Friendship Association and Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki organize at the Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki (Ag. Minas 11), event for the 200th anniversary of the start of the Revolution of 1821 for the independence of Greece, in the presence of the President of the "Greece 2021" Committee Ms. Gianna Angelopoulou Daskalaki. As part of the event, the Greece - Israel Friendship Association will announce Ms. Angelopoulou Daskalaki as its honorary President.
Here is a brief program of the event:
* Welcoming the Vice-President of the Greece-Israel Friendship Association and the President of the Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki, Mr. Isaac Saltiel
* Official greetings
* Speech by the President of the Greece - Israel Friendship Association, Ms Giannas Panagopoulou
* Speech by the President of the Central Jewish Council of Greece and the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki, Mr. David Saltiel
* Announcing the President of the "Greece 2021" Committee, Ms. Gianna Angelopoulou Daskalaki, as Honorary President of the Greece-Israel Friendship Association, by the President, Ms. Gianna Panagopoulou
* Speech of the President of the "Greece 2021" Committee Ms Giannas Angelopoulou - Daskalaki
It is noted that the President of the "Greece 2021" Committee is the first person to be named honorary President since 1965 when the Greece - Israel Friendship Association was established.
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On the sidelines of the opening of the parallel exhibition of the Greek participation in the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale in Thessaloniki, the Minister of Environment and Energy, Kostas Skrekas, made on Wednesday 30 June 2021, a series of visits to the International Exhibition of Thessaloniki (TIF), at the construction site of the Museum Holocaust, as well as the International Center for Digital Transformation and Digital Skills (DT&S). The Minister was accompanied by the Deputy Minister of Environment and Energy, Nikos Tagaras and the General Secretary of Spatial Planning and Urban Environment, Efthimios Bakoyannis.
Among the stations of the visit was the site where the Holocaust Museum will be erected. At the initiative of the Ministry of Environment and Energy, important urban planning and spatial planning issues were resolved so that the Commercial Station of Thessaloniki was transformed into a symbol of memory and respect for the value of human life and dignity. The construction of the Museum at this particular point was qualified due to its historical importance, as during the Second World War the "death trains" departed from there.
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On March 15, 1943, at the old railway station of Thessaloniki, the first death train to Auschwitz - Birkenau blew its whistle. Seventy-eight years after the departure of the first train of a total of nineteen that transported on a journey of no return approximately 50.000 Jews of Thessaloniki, the Municipality of Thessaloniki pays tribute to the victims of Nazi atrocities through a televised tribute.
The "March of Remembrance" which has been established to commemorate the black anniversary of the departure of the first train to Auschwitz is not possible to take place due to the measures in force to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
- INTERVIEW WITH LEON SALTIEL ON THE 78TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEPARTURE OF THE FIRST "DEATH TRAIN" FOR AUSCHWITZ
- A BOTTLE OF OUZO WITH A CURRENT NAME: LABELED BY BOURLA DISTRICT
- AN IMPRESSIVE MURALS IN VARDARIS ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST
- CONCLUSION ON ACCELERATION OF THE PROCEDURES FOR THE CREATION OF THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM IN WEST THESSALONIKI