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On 16.4.2022 it was published on TA NEA newspaper the following article by the mayor of Ioannina, Moses Elisaf, in memory of Mimi Reinhardt, who was a secretary in Oskar Schindler's office, who passed away on 8.4.2022 in Israel.
"He belonged to the invisible witnesses of the 20sthe century: of great historical moments, of triumphs, but also of absolute destruction, as experienced by the victims and survivors of the Holocaust. In her own way, she also embodied the multiculturalism of the continent (of Central Europe, if anything): of Austrian and Jewish descent, Mimi Reinhardt lived in Krakow (Poland) before the Second World War, while she was hired by Oskar Schindler to whom he worked until 1945. It was this woman who compiled the well-known list of the German industrialist saving more than 1.000 Jews, whose story became popular after the screening of Steven Spielberg's seven-award-winning film Schindler's List Oscar and dozens of other international awards. After the war, Reinhardt settled in New York and made the Hajj in 2007 at the age of 92 to join her only son, then a professor of sociology at the University of Tel Aviv, and her grandchildren. "I feel at home," she had coyly told reporters who had come to greet her at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv.
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History comes to life in the grounds of the former Pavlos Melas camp four months after the start of the project that will transform it into a supra-local Pavlos Melas Metropolitan Park.
During earthworks for the construction of fencing and shaping of the Park, scattered marble epitaphs and marble remains of Jewish monuments, originating from the former Jewish cemetery in the Campus area, were found. The finds, according to the Ephorate of Antiquities of the City of Thessaloniki, date back to the beginning of the previous century and are an important element of the cultural heritage in the development of the city.
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By Spyridon Anagnostos
I visited the estate of my beloved uncle Philippos Kosmas (Barbatsoulis), located just outside the city of Kastoria, a few weeks ago. I had my say. We have been the administrators of his real estate in the city since 1996 when he passed away. There was someone interested in using this rural area, in which there is a 60 square meter house that functioned as a warehouse.
Inside the house, ashes, cotton from broken pillows, stones, dirt. Result of burglaries and time. The floor is barely visible. On the way out I step on a piece of sheet metal and it makes a loud noise. Birds get scared and come out of the fireplace... The doors and windows are also damaged. A few meters further, and as we headed for the exit, I decide to turn back. My thought, on the sheet metal... Maybe it was some old sign from my uncle's fur shop, I thought.
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A commemorative march commemorating the 79th anniversary of the Holocaust of the 1.484 Jews of Kavala will take place in the city on Sunday, April 3, 2022. It will start at 12:00 noon from the Greek Lyceum and will end at the Jewish Memorial of Kavala on Erythrou Stavrou Street .
The organizers are the Municipality, the Central Jewish Council of Greece, the Jewish Community of Kavala, the Europe Direct office of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace and the "Dialogue of Youth" Association.
The commemorative events that will take place in Kavala on Sunday, April 3, 2022 were mentioned, in a press conference, by the mayor of Kavala, Thodoros Mouriadis, and the president of DIMOFELEIA, Panagiotis Angelidis. The representative of Europe Direct Eastern Macedonia-Thrace, Dimitris Spitseris, and the writer of Jewish origin from Kavaliot, Fiko Mevorach, attended and spoke.
Mr. Mouriadis pointed out, among other things, that "Mr. Elisaf is a jewel for the local government, as, in addition to his important presence in the social development of Ioannina, he also has a remarkable career in the field of medical science".
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The importance that the US Department of State attaches to Holocaust issues and to informing citizens about the suffering suffered by the Jews during World War II was mentioned, among others, by the Special Envoy of the United States of America for Holocaust Issues, Ellen Germain, in her interview on the GRTimes.gr WebTv show "SamTimes" and the journalist Maria Samolada.
"Our mission is to seek Justice for Holocaust survivors and their heirs," said Ellen Germain, among others, explaining why the US State Department has a Special Envoy for Holocaust-related issues. He added: “We have two areas we are working on. One is the area of Restitution and Compensation', aimed at encouraging governments to consider some procedures for claiming - by Holocaust survivors and their heirs - property confiscated by the Nazis during World War II.
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