Jews strew flowers on the rails of the old railway station in Thessaloniki where the first train left Greece's northern city heading for the Auschwitz concentration camp on March 15, 1943. Commemorative march for the 70th anniversary from the departure of the first train from Thessaloniki to the camps of the Nazis at Auschwitz. Starting point, the Holocaust memorial in Eleftherias (Liberty) Square and destination the old railway station where the first train departed with the Jews of Thessaloniki. Thessaloniki, Greece. March 16, 2013. Greece's second largest city is commemorating the 70th anni
Jews strew flowers on the rails of the old railway station in Thessaloniki where the first train left Greece's northern city heading for the Auschwitz concentration camp on March 15, 1943. Commemorative march for the 70th anniversary from the departure of the first train from Thessaloniki to the camps of the Nazis at Auschwitz. Starting point, the Holocaust memorial in Eleftherias (Liberty) Square and destination the old railway station where the first train departed with the Jews of Thessaloniki. Thessaloniki, Greece. March 16, 2013. Greece's second largest city is commemorating the 70th anniversary of the first deportation of its Jews to Auschwitz, with a series of events running to included a silent march on Saturday to the old railway station where the first train left Greece's northern city heading for the Auschwitz concentration camp on March 15, 1943. Amid worry about the rise of Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn, Jewish leaders from around the world have arrived in Thessaloniki to commemorate an event that decimated the Jewish population of the so-called "Jerusalem of the Balkans."
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Location: Thessaloniki, Greece, Europe
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