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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... fact that many of the most senior officials were themselves of Albanian descent ) . Exceptionally in an empire which recognized only distinctions of reli- gion , they were singled out by name - arnavud - and in 1730 the emperor ordered ...
... fact that many of the most senior officials were themselves of Albanian descent ) . Exceptionally in an empire which recognized only distinctions of reli- gion , they were singled out by name - arnavud - and in 1730 the emperor ordered ...
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... fact that most of the advisory council were related to him , meant that no one had been able to pre- vent his crimes.2 25 Memories of this " unprecedented plunder " must have still been alive six years later when Sultan Abdul Mecid made ...
... fact that most of the advisory council were related to him , meant that no one had been able to pre- vent his crimes.2 25 Memories of this " unprecedented plunder " must have still been alive six years later when Sultan Abdul Mecid made ...
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... fact , some of the poorest Jews in the city may well have been better off as a result of the forced relocation . Noting that 2700 poor Jewish families had been rehoused by February 1920 , a report from a committee representing their ...
... fact , some of the poorest Jews in the city may well have been better off as a result of the forced relocation . Noting that 2700 poor Jewish families had been rehoused by February 1920 , a report from a committee representing their ...
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Conquest 1430 | 17 |
Mosques and Hamams | 32 |
The Arrival of the Sefardim | 46 |
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