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Uniform of prisoner no. 118745 at the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp.
JCT. 499.00/L.H. Perachia
This press and one of its cutting dies were donated in 1942 to the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki for the cutting of the yellow stars with which all the Jews of the city were supplied. It was owned by the Gatenio Printing House, which after the war operated as the Gatenio & Haggwell Printing House.
Donated by Dr. P. Haggwell and A. Haggwell
The Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki opened to the public in 2001. It is a new institution, tasked with studying and preserving the memory of the Jewish presence in Thessaloniki. This presence dates back centuries. Thessaloniki is mentioned in the New Testament thanks to its Jewish community, where Paul came to teach 2,000 years ago. Thus, a new institution must highlight an ancient, multifaceted, and dramatic history, the culmination of which was the extermination of the majority of the city’s Jewish population during World War II.
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“IOSIF NISSIM” PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOL OF THE ISRAELITE COMMUNITY OF THESSALONIKI
The Jewish Community of Thessaloniki has always been distinguished throughout the centuries for the importance it attached to education and the high level of knowledge of its members.
There were many rabbinical schools, girls’ colleges, schools specializing in particular talents, and schools specializing in foreign languages and commercial vocational training.
The Alliance Israelite Universelle alone operated more than 10 schools in our city.
