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IHRA EVENTS IN TRIKALA 9-11 November 2018 - UNVEILING of the HOLOCAUST MONUMENT |
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Tuesday, 13 November 2018 13:42 |
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In that same spirit, referring to the responsibility for the memory of the victims of the Holocaust, were the speeches of Mr. David Saltiel, President of the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece and of H.E. Mr. Luigi Marras, Ambassador of Italy to Greece. The words of the President of the Jewish Community of Trikala, Mr. Jakob Venouziou, were much more emotional and highly charged as he referred to people and incidents that marked the persecutions in Trikala, while he emphasized the assistance and support given by the Christian Orthodox inhabitants of Trikala toward their Jewish fellow citizens, underlining that Trikala and the region of Thessalia, in general, have had the smallest Jewish casualties in comparison to other Greek districts. The unveiling ceremony started with a memorial service (Ashkavah) by the Rabbi of Larissa, Mr. Elias Sabetai and religious hymns sang by the choir of the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki. At the end a tribute of a minute of silence was observed and then the Philharmonic band of the Municipality of Trikala played the Greek National Anthem, in a highly emotional atmosphere. «ALL TOGETHER, ALLIED against extremist ideologies»
Mr. Dimitris Papastergiou, Mayor of Trikala, Mr. David Saltiel, President of the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece, H.E. Mr. Luigi Marras, Ambassador of Italy to Greece, Mr. Efstathios Lianos-Liantis, Head of the Greek delegation to IHRA and Mr. Mikis Modiano, Vice-president of the Jewish Museum of Greece, addressed the audience. At that same time an exhibition titled: "The German Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz- Birkenau", organized by the State Museum of Auschwitz, under the care of the Polish Embassy in Greece, was presented at the entrance hall of the Cultural Center of Trikala. The exhibition will remain open to the public till the 17th of November.
At the end of the evening, the Orchestra of the Municipality of Trikala presented a program on themes of Greek composers based on the Holocaust. Books, exhibitions, music During the first day of the events, after the inauguration the Jewish Museum of Greece exhibition titled: "The Holocaust of the Jews of Greece 1941-1944, personal testimonies", held at the Tsitsanis Museum, two important events were organized: The first was a speech delivered by historian, researcher and author Mr. Kostas Michalakis, who spoke about "Pupils' list in the 3rd Elementary School of Trikala - an ark in the open seas of history". The second one was the presentation of the book "Luna" by Rika Benveniste (edit. Polis 2017). It is an essay of a historic biography where Luna, the The first day of the celebrations ended with an outstanding concert by soprano Mariangela Chatzistamatiou, accompanied by Nikos Panayiotidis (guitar), Maestro Kostis Papazoglou (flute) and Marini Peikidou (viola) who interpreted Greek, Italian, Sephardic and Romaniot songs, exciting the audience and lighting up old memories. |