As part of the 80th commemoration of the departure of the first convoys of Jews from Thessaloniki and the cycle "History to the present: 1943" During the Second World War, Greece experienced three zones of occupation: Italian, Bulgarian and German.
The mode of operation and the temporality of persecutions and deportations are therefore different according to the zones of occupation.
In March 1943, roundups and deportations began from the Bulgarian occupation zone to Treblinka, on the one hand, and from Thessaloniki, under German occupation, to Auschwitz-Birkenau, on the other hand; while they will be implemented a year later for the rest of Greece, particularly in Vólos, Athens and Ioánnina.
Overall, the extermination of Jews in Greece affected 83% of pre-war Jewish communities. As part of this day will be shared the latest work conducted today on the history and memory of the Shoah in Greece.
In the presence of Andrew Apostolou, Doctor of History, University of Oxford,Nefeli Liontou, PhD student at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne,Nadège Ragaru, Director of Research at Science Po (CERI-CNRS),Vassilis Ritzaleos historian, Democritus University of Thrace, and Nikos Tzafleris, research professor at the University of Thessaly and the Hellenic Open University, visiting professor - Fulbright Scholar at the University of Washington.
Hosted by Henriette Asséo, historian, professor, Centre de Recherches Historiques UMR EHESS-CNRS
In partnership with France Culture and the Hellenic Cultural Centre