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 50
... forced migration from " the lands of the West . " Some were Jews ; others were converts to Catholicism . With their families forced apart , many mourned dead relatives , and wondered if their missing ones would ever return or if new ...
... forced migration from " the lands of the West . " Some were Jews ; others were converts to Catholicism . With their families forced apart , many mourned dead relatives , and wondered if their missing ones would ever return or if new ...
Page 335
... forced marches , starvation , imprisonment and massacre ; women and children had faced the threat of forced conver- sion and rape . The refugee camps outside Istanbul - if they succeeded in reaching them - were death - traps of typhus ...
... forced marches , starvation , imprisonment and massacre ; women and children had faced the threat of forced conver- sion and rape . The refugee camps outside Istanbul - if they succeeded in reaching them - were death - traps of typhus ...
Page 409
... forced out of their houses and confined to the ghettoes . They went to make their farewells , promised to look after property and valu- ables - though this too would become a risky matter — and exchanged gifts and tears . " Everyone was ...
... forced out of their houses and confined to the ghettoes . They went to make their farewells , promised to look after property and valu- ables - though this too would become a risky matter — and exchanged gifts and tears . " Everyone was ...
Contents
Conquest 1430 | 17 |
Mosques and Hamams | 32 |
The Arrival of the Sefardim | 46 |
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