With the "shadow" of anti-Semitism and intolerance looming as a perennial threat, in the midst of disturbing events that took place during 2022, the event took place in the context of World Holocaust Remembrance Day, with the organizational responsibility of the Consulate General of Greece in New York.
The famous illustrator - and professor of the School of Visual Arts - Victor Koen (Victor Koen), captivated the attendees with an emotionally charged and careful presentation, with protagonists members of his family from the Greek Jewish community, who experienced the uprooting, the shadow of death but also physical and mental torture during the period of Nazi atrocities.
Following the stories and walking step by step through those "dark" days, which cost or forever marked the lives of millions of people, Mr. Cohen reiterated that no one should forget or overlook what the Jews suffered - but humanity in general - from Nazism.
A special tone was given by the reading of authentic letters between members of Jewish families who had been separated by Esther Herrera and Sivan Koen, who clothed with their voice the feelings of anguish, despair but also the hidden hope of those mothers who they longed to hear back from their children and make sure they were still alive.
Afterwards, Nektarios Antoniou and Irini Tornesaki (Erini) clothed with their unique voices a musical program that included Jewish music but also creations such as "Song of Songs" and "Smirneiko Minor", in collaboration with the American Michael Brown ( Michael Brown), who put his own touch on the fine-tuning of the program.
The consul general of Greece in New York, Dinos Constantinou, the president of the Association of Hellenic-American Friends of the Jewish Museum in Athens, Solomon Asser, and Rabbi Dianna S. Gerson also addressed a greeting.
Coordination was undertaken by Leon Levy.
The event took place under the organizational responsibility of the Consulate General of Greece in New York.
Also present was the new M.A. of Greece to the UN, Evangelos Sekeris, the consul general of the Republic of Cyprus, Michalis Phyrillas and consul Dimitrios Papageorgiou.
"To pass the message to young people"
Speaking to the "National Herald" ("E.K."), the consul general, Dinos Konstantinou, spoke of one of "the most emblematic events of the Consulate General", stressing that Greece demonstrates that it "stands on the right side of the law and humanity".
"Let's not forget that in Greece approximately 85% of the Greek Jewish community was lost nationwide, that is to say, it practically disappeared. But, even here in New York, we have a very large community of Greek Jews," said Mr. Konstantinou, making special reference to Solomon Asher and the presence of the youth.
"I am very happy, because today we see here a lot of young people and, if you like, this is the main parameter of this event. In other words, let's never forget and enable this message against intolerance, against Nazism and any totalitarian regime to be passed on to the next generations, so that there will never be anything similar again in the future", concluded Mr. Constantinou.
SOURCE: ekirikas.com, 20.1.2023
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