Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews 1430-1950Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2006 M05 9 - 544 pages Salonica, located in northern Greece, was long a fascinating crossroads metropolis of different religions and ethnicities, where Egyptian merchants, Spanish Jews, Orthodox Greeks, Sufi dervishes, and Albanian brigands all rubbed shoulders. Tensions sometimes flared, but tolerance largely prevailed until the twentieth century when the Greek army marched in, Muslims were forced out, and the Nazis deported and killed the Jews. As the acclaimed historian Mark Mazower follows the city’s inhabitants through plague, invasion, famine, and the disastrous twentieth century, he resurrects a fascinating and vanished world. |
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Page 164
... officers , the metropolitan himself and Orthodox , Catholic and Protestant priests . A few days later , they all assembled again for public prayers in the Mevlevi tekke outside the city walls : English , Greek and Austrian naval officers ...
... officers , the metropolitan himself and Orthodox , Catholic and Protestant priests . A few days later , they all assembled again for public prayers in the Mevlevi tekke outside the city walls : English , Greek and Austrian naval officers ...
Page 255
... officers of the Third Army Corps which was stationed in the city . The loss of Greece , Serbia , Bosnia and Bulgaria , and the growing interference of the Euro- pean Powers in the life of the empire , alarmed many Muslims and renewed ...
... officers of the Third Army Corps which was stationed in the city . The loss of Greece , Serbia , Bosnia and Bulgaria , and the growing interference of the Euro- pean Powers in the life of the empire , alarmed many Muslims and renewed ...
Page 294
... officers ' ridicule or contempt . The latter particularly disliked the " Hello , Johnny ! " with which enterprising local street - sellers greeted officers and men alike . Fighting the summer dust and winter mud , constantly assailed by ...
... officers ' ridicule or contempt . The latter particularly disliked the " Hello , Johnny ! " with which enterprising local street - sellers greeted officers and men alike . Fighting the summer dust and winter mud , constantly assailed by ...
Contents
Conquest 1430 | 17 |
Mosques and Hamams | 32 |
The Arrival of the Sefardim | 46 |
Copyright | |
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