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 84
... told by his hagiographer , " he was able to hold many in Christ's faith " before retiring to the solitude of an inaccessible cave high above the Aliakmon River . Nikanor also built a monastery nearby , and in his will urged the monks to ...
... told by his hagiographer , " he was able to hold many in Christ's faith " before retiring to the solitude of an inaccessible cave high above the Aliakmon River . Nikanor also built a monastery nearby , and in his will urged the monks to ...
Page 162
... told the chiefs or leaders they were wrong in collecting such a crowd , and asked them what they wanted , " recalled Selim Bey , the chief of police , afterwards . " They said , " The Girl . ' I told them to wait a few hours and the ...
... told the chiefs or leaders they were wrong in collecting such a crowd , and asked them what they wanted , " recalled Selim Bey , the chief of police , afterwards . " They said , " The Girl . ' I told them to wait a few hours and the ...
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... told him that " they were forced in large groups to enter an empty cleaning establishment , [ and ] the gas was then turned on until all perished . " 29 Nothing as precise as this has surfaced for the spring months them- selves . But ...
... told him that " they were forced in large groups to enter an empty cleaning establishment , [ and ] the gas was then turned on until all perished . " 29 Nothing as precise as this has surfaced for the spring months them- selves . But ...
Contents
Conquest 1430 | 17 |
Mosques and Hamams | 32 |
The Arrival of the Sefardim | 46 |
Copyright | |
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