Year
The 1940s marked the darkest moment in modern history. The Second World War shook Europe and the entire world, radically changing political, social, and cultural realities. Europe found itself in the vortex of war.
Nazi Germany, in alliance with Italy, sought dominance in Europe in a war that was not only military but also ideological, with the Nazis promoting persecutions and a violent policy of genocide, culminating in the Holocaust.
The Occupation brought famine, destruction, and mass executions.
During the war, the Jewish communities of Europe found themselves at the center of Nazi extermination, with the Holocaust leading to the loss of millions of lives and the destruction of centuries of cultural heritage.
In Greece, the Jews of Thessaloniki, Ioannina, Rhodes, and other cities suffered persecution, deportations, and extermination in concentration camps.
Tragic toll: The loss of the majority of the Jewish population, writing one of the most dramatic chapters in Greek and European history.
