The extermination of Greek Jews during the German Occupation

Ηistorian Dr. Odette Varon-Vassar, Senior Lecturer of Hellenic History and Civilization, at Hellenic Open University, is presenting a series of speeches about Greek Jews.

Η ιστορικός Δρ Οντέτ Βαρών – Βασάρ, επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια στο Ελληνικό Ανοικτό Πανεπιστήμιο Source: Supplied

The first lecture will take place at the 14th biennial International conference of Modern Greek Studies Association Australia and New Zealand, tomorrow and the second on Sunday 9th December at AHEPA NSW.

Before World War II, two Jewish groups lived in Greece: the Romaniote Jews, who have been scattered all over the country since antiquity, and about 50,000 Sephardi Jews, the most important Jewish community in Thessaloniki, originally created by Jews who were there to avoid the Spanish Inquisition during the Middle Ages.

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