“The Jewish community has defined the history of the city,” said the director of the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival. (JTA) — On March 15, 1943, the first train bound for Auschwitz ...

(JTA) On March 15, 1943, the first train bound for Auschwitz departed from the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, once home to one of the largest Sephardic Jewish communities in the world. Eighty ...

Diane explores the rich and complex history of Thessaloniki, Greece’s culinary capital. THESSALONIKI: GREECE’S DE FACTO FOOD CITY. No other city evokes the rich and complex history of Greek cuisine ...