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OF SALONIKA (THESSALONIKI)
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Exhibition in Washington, DC - 11.00
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| The exhibition The Synagogues
of Thessaloniki: Destruction & Reconstruction opened on October
1st at the Joseph Miller Exhibit hall, Crough Center for Architectural
Studies, School of Architecture and Planning, the Catholic University
of America. The exhibition was organized by the Embassy of Greece and The Foundation for Hellenic Culture, as part of the week-long activities at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum dedicated to the Holocaust in Greece. At the opening hosted by Gregory Hunt, dean of the School of Architecture and Planning, Greek Ambassador Alexander Filon, David Marwel, Assistant Director of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, and Elias Messinas, curator of the exhibit gave keynote lectures. After the closing, the exhibition traveled to the Speros Vryonis Center for the Study of Hellenism in California, where it will be permanently on display. The "Holocaust in Greece" program of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum included a concert of Sephardic music from Salonika by Greek singer Savina Yannatou and the Primavera en Salonico group; a slide lecture by Elias Messinas on the synagogues of Thessaloniki; a panel discussion with Mark Mazower and Hans Safrian on the Nazi occupation of Greece and the deportation of the Greek Jews; an evening with Michael Matsas, author of the book "Illusion of Safety"; a panel discussion with Erleta-Valerie D. Benveniste and Steven Bowman on the research on the Holocaust in Greece; a presentation by Fragiski Abadzopoulou of her work on oral testimonies of Greek-Jewish survivors; a presentation by Ya’acov Handeli of his book "A Greek Jew from Salonica Remembers"; and a concert by Greek singer Maria Farandouri. The events also included "Traces and Memory" the mixed media exhibition by Greek artist Xenis Sachinis that opened on October 2 at the Central Armature Annex in Washington, DC. Kol haKEHILA wishes to congratulate and thank the prestigious institutions that took the initiative to organize and sponsor this monthly events, helping to shed more light to the tragic history of Greek Jewry during the Holocaust and to honor the memory of the Jews that were annihilated in the Holocaust. |
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