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 111
... consul watched by his wife and daughters from the balcony . In the background are James Stuart and Nicholas Revett , British antiquarians , the consul's son ( the only one in European dress ) and the consul's Greek interpreter ...
... consul watched by his wife and daughters from the balcony . In the background are James Stuart and Nicholas Revett , British antiquarians , the consul's son ( the only one in European dress ) and the consul's Greek interpreter ...
Page 120
... consul was not about to lose their goodwill if he could help it . " In this port , " wrote one , " the trea- sury of the French nation would suffer a significant loss if the Jews , who do big business , were obliged to leave their ...
... consul was not about to lose their goodwill if he could help it . " In this port , " wrote one , " the trea- sury of the French nation would suffer a significant loss if the Jews , who do big business , were obliged to leave their ...
Page 166
... consul in Salonica in 1876 was a national of the country he represented ; the former was a Greek notable named Hadzilazaros , the latter was one of the Abbotts . Jews and Christians often declared their immunity before the authori- ties ...
... consul in Salonica in 1876 was a national of the country he represented ; the former was a Greek notable named Hadzilazaros , the latter was one of the Abbotts . Jews and Christians often declared their immunity before the authori- ties ...
Contents
Conquest 1430 | 17 |
Mosques and Hamams | 32 |
The Arrival of the Sefardim | 46 |
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