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 59
... group preserved its autonomy as passionately as if its very identity was at stake . " In Salonica each and every man ... groups . There they organized the allocation and collection of taxes and agreed salaries for their cantor , ritual ...
... group preserved its autonomy as passionately as if its very identity was at stake . " In Salonica each and every man ... groups . There they organized the allocation and collection of taxes and agreed salaries for their cantor , ritual ...
Page 271
... groups in the region issued a pacifist mani- festo . The wars of territorial expansion planned by the empire's hostile neighbours would " simply change the names of our masters and the degree of oppression . " Only socialist ...
... groups in the region issued a pacifist mani- festo . The wars of territorial expansion planned by the empire's hostile neighbours would " simply change the names of our masters and the degree of oppression . " Only socialist ...
Page 384
... groups combining anti - communism and anti - Semitism were emerging for the first time in Greek politics . An organization of army officers sta- tioned in northern Greece circulated pamphlets that accused the Jews of responsibility for ...
... groups combining anti - communism and anti - Semitism were emerging for the first time in Greek politics . An organization of army officers sta- tioned in northern Greece circulated pamphlets that accused the Jews of responsibility for ...
Contents
Conquest 1430 | 17 |
Mosques and Hamams | 32 |
The Arrival of the Sefardim | 46 |
Copyright | |
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