DAY OF REMEMBRANCE OF GREEK JEWISH MARTYRS & HEROES OF THE HOLOCAUST
BOOK PRESENTATION: DON’T FORGET ME
Saturday, January 26, 2019
19:00 (Thessaloniki Concert Hall, MORIS SALTIEL ROOM M2)
IN COLLABORATION WITH ALEXANDRIA PUBLICATIONS
WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE ISRAELI COMMUNITY OF THESSALONIKI
Don’t forget me. Three Jewish mothers write to their sons from the Thessaloniki ghetto
Edited by Leon Saltiel, Alexandria Publications 2018
The book contains three collections of letters, letters sent by three Jewish mothers from the Thessaloniki ghetto to their sons in Athens, a few weeks or days before their departure for Auschwitz. These shocking testimonies give a unique insight into the life of the Jews of Thessaloniki during the Occupation, through descriptions by eyewitnesses. They show how the mothers themselves perceived and lived the events, through a female perspective often absent from historiography. This rare material, both for Thessaloniki and for the whole of Europe, opens the way for new approaches to the events by scholars and allows us to shed light on unknown aspects of history. The last letters of the three mothers, full of pain and tears, are a true legacy full of symbolism and messages from the heart of the victims of the greatest tragedy known to mankind.
Speakers:
George Antoniou, Assistant Professor. Professor, Chair of Jewish Studies, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Sofia Nicolaidou author
Leon Saltiel editor of the publication
Coordinated by the journalist Sophia Christoforidou
Excerpts read by actress Sophia Voulgari
The Mayor of Thessaloniki, Yannis Boutaris, and the President of the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece and the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki, David Saltiel, will address the event.
Free admission with tickets