Menorah in flames (Thessaloniki)

Holocaust memorial in Thessaloniki

Menorah in flames on Eleftherias Square

Menorah in flames is a sculpture created in 1997 by Nandor Glid as a Holocaust memorial commemorating deportation of the Thessaloniki Jews.

The sculpture, initially built in a suburban area has been installed since 2006 on Eleftherias Square where a major roundup of 9,000 Jewish men took place in 1942.[1]

It was the first Holocaust memorial to be built on a public space in Greece and its installation marks a change of attitude of Greek officials towards the remembrance of the Holocaust.[1] The monument is regularly vandalized.

## Description

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The base of the sculpture is built out of grey marble. The sculpture consists of a menorah created out of human bodies and flames. There are two plaques; one in Greek and English, and one in Greek, Hebrew, and English.

Inscription of the first plaque (in English):

DEDICATED BY THE GREEK PEOPLE TO THE MEMORY OF THE 50,000 JEWISH GREEKS OF THESSALONIKI, DEPORTED FROM THEIR MOTHER CITY BY THE NAZI OCCUPATION FORCES IN THE SPRING OF 1943, AND EXTERMINATED IN THE GAS CHAMBERS OF THE AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU DEATH CAMPS NOVEMBER 1997

Inscription of the second plaque (in English):

IN MEMORY OF THE 50,000 JEWS FROM THESSALONIKI, VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST KAROLOS PAPOULIAS, PRESIDENT OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC MOSHE KATSAV, PRESIDENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL ON THE OCCASION OF THE FIRST STATE VISIT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL TO THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC 16th FEBRUARY 2006 18 SHVAT 5766[2]

## References

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1. ^ a b Marcou, Loïc (2022-03-18). "8. Mémoire de la destruction du cimetière juif de Thessalonique : quand un passé longtemps enfoui refait surface". Revue d'Histoire de la Shoah. 215 (1): 207–237\. doi:10.3917/rhsho.215.0207. ISSN 2111-885X. S2CID 247689562.
2. ^ "Holocaust Memorial "Menora in Flames 2" in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1997, 2007". The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Retrieved 10 June 2024.

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The Holocaust in Greece

Part of
The Holocaust, Axis occupation of Greece

Aspects|

* The Holocaust in Bulgarian-occupied Greece
* The Holocaust in Salonica
* 1942 Eleftherias Square roundup
* Destruction of the Jewish cemetery of Salonica
* Haidari concentration camp
* Sinking of the SS Tanais
* List of Holocaust transports from Greece
* Greek Jews in the Nazi concentration camps

Jewish leaders|

* Elias Barzilai
* Moshe Pesach
* Zvi Koretz

Major perpetrators|

* Alexander Belev
* Alois Brunner
* Theodor Dannecker
* Max Merten
* Jürgen Stroop
* Dieter Wisliceny

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Assistance|

* EAM/ELAS
* Rescue of the Jews of Zakynthos
* Archbishop Damaskinos
* Chrysostomos Dimitriou
* Angelos Evert
* Emil Jäger
* List of Righteous Among the Nations from Greece [el]

Aftermath|

* Memorials
* Menorah in flames
* Holocaust Museum of Greece
* Bibliography of the Holocaust in Greece

Related articles|

* History of the Jews in Greece
* Antisemitism in Greece
* The Holocaust in Bulgaria
* Turkey and the Holocaust

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