The Shoah Memorial organized, from 30 October to 2 November 2016, an exceptional trip to Thessaloniki, the "Jerusalem of the Balkans".
During this trip, the participants visited the Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki which traces the history of the Jews of the city from antiquity to 1945. The town of Véria, located about an hour from Salonika, its Jewish quarter and its 19th century synagogue were also on the program.
The station from which the convoys to Auschwitz-Birkenau left
The monument in memory of the persecuted and deported Salonic Jews (Place de la Liberté)
The synagogue of the Monastiriotes
Meeting with Heinz Kounio, survivor of Auschwitz, and Larry Sefiha, Vice-President of the Jewish community of Thessaloniki
The Yad Lazikaron synagogue
Meeting with Philippe Ray, Consul General of France in Thessaloniki at the French cemetery of Zeitenlick (cemetery of soldiers of the Orient army during the 1st World War)
