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Thessaloniki’s Armenian minority and Jewish past are bound by a shared history of genocide

JL;DR SUMMARY The Armenian and Jewish communities in Thessaloniki share a complex history marked by their prosperous contributions to society and the devastating genocides that impacted both groups. 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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HolocaustDiasporaCommunityJewsGenocideAssimilationHolocaust MuseumCultural PreservationThessalonikiArmenians

Places mentioned

Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece
"THESSALONIKI, Greece Fronting the Mediterranean Sea in this bustling Greek port stands a haunting monument to the citys roughly 50,000 Jews who were rounded up by the Nazis in 1943 and deported to Auschwitz."
Komotini, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
"His forefathers arrived some 300 years ago, settling in Komotini, about 240 kilometers east of Thessaloniki."
Athens, East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
"The community rebounded in 1991 after the breakup of the USSR, when 40,000 Armenians the third wave of immigrants relocated to Greece, most of them settling in Athens."
Turkey
"According to Ottoman statistics, before the Balkan wars, more than 2 million Armenians were living in the Ottoman Empire."
Romania
"Romania was among the first countries to welcome Armenian refugees after the genocide, but for economic and strategic reasons, Romania has yet to officially recognize that genocide."
Israel
"Israel only just recognized the genocide, in comments made by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last month following the collapse of relations with Turkey."

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