Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims, and Jews, 1430-1950Alfred A. Knopf, 2005 - 490 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 58
... Salonica itself , the argument for Spanish superiority was repeated over and over again until it needed no longer to be made . " As matters stand today in Salonica , " commented Rabbi Samuel de Medina in the 1560s , " the holy ...
... Salonica itself , the argument for Spanish superiority was repeated over and over again until it needed no longer to be made . " As matters stand today in Salonica , " commented Rabbi Samuel de Medina in the 1560s , " the holy ...
Page 336
... Salonica- " a squirming writhing mass of human misery . " It was November , and the refugees had spent four days at sea , many on the open deck , without space to lie down , or food , or toilet facilities . " They came ashore in rags ...
... Salonica- " a squirming writhing mass of human misery . " It was November , and the refugees had spent four days at sea , many on the open deck , without space to lie down , or food , or toilet facilities . " They came ashore in rags ...
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... Salonica ( 1430-1912 ) , 10 brought into Salonica ( from 1432 ) , 34 , 35 community , 43-4 tolerance for Orthodox Christians , 86-7 women , 186-7 , 223 education , 221 exodus from Salonica of , 311-32 , 405 graves , 430 , 431 Mustafa ...
... Salonica ( 1430-1912 ) , 10 brought into Salonica ( from 1432 ) , 34 , 35 community , 43-4 tolerance for Orthodox Christians , 86-7 women , 186-7 , 223 education , 221 exodus from Salonica of , 311-32 , 405 graves , 430 , 431 Mustafa ...
Contents
Conquest 1430 | 17 |
Mosques and Hamams | 32 |
The Arrival of the Sefardim | 46 |
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