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Thessaloniki breaks ground on new Holocaust museum

JL;DR SUMMARY Thessaloniki, once home to Europe's largest Jewish community, is set to honor its vibrant Jewish history and tragic past with a new Holocaust Museum. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HistoryHolocaust EducationSephardic JewsHolocaust MuseumGenesis PrizeThessalonikiGreek JewsAlbert BourlaThessaloniki Railway Station

Places mentioned

Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece
"For half a millennium until the Holocaust, the cosmopolitan city of Thessaloniki, Greece, had a unique claim to fame."
Jerusalem, Israel
"Bourla said in an emotional June 2022 speech in Jerusalem accepting the Genesis Prize."
Germany
"The museum is also being funded by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, and the governments of Greece and Germany."
Ioannina, Attica, Greece
"About 4,000 live in Athens, and the remainder live in Thessaloniki, Ioannina, Rhodes, Corfu and other communities."
Rhodes, South Aegean, Greece
"About 4,000 live in Athens, and the remainder live in Thessaloniki, Ioannina, Rhodes, Corfu and other communities."
Corfu, Peloponnese, Greece
"About 4,000 live in Athens, and the remainder live in Thessaloniki, Ioannina, Rhodes, Corfu and other communities."
Athens, Attica, Greece
"About 4,000 live in Athens, and the remainder live in Thessaloniki, Ioannina, Rhodes, Corfu and other communities."
Nevada, United States
"...actress Lea Michele, former Nevada congresswoman Shelley Berkley and Belgian-born American fashion designer Diane von Frstenberg."

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