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 354
... police became better organ- ized , and city policing in particular was professionalized and placed in the hands of a special force . The city police , and especially the feared Special Security branch , saw the fight against communism ...
... police became better organ- ized , and city policing in particular was professionalized and placed in the hands of a special force . The city police , and especially the feared Special Security branch , saw the fight against communism ...
Page 358
... police had shot twelve people dead and left another thirty - two badly wounded . The victims included two chauffeurs , and four tobacco workers ; three of the twelve were Jews . The verdict of the British con- sul was that " the police ...
... police had shot twelve people dead and left another thirty - two badly wounded . The victims included two chauffeurs , and four tobacco workers ; three of the twelve were Jews . The verdict of the British con- sul was that " the police ...
Page 368
... police harassment , " these moralologists [ ethikologoi ] interfering everywhere , in the subur- ban places of entertainment , roads , cinemas - anywhere a romantic couple flees to be alone . ” For as everyone knew , the police and the ...
... police harassment , " these moralologists [ ethikologoi ] interfering everywhere , in the subur- ban places of entertainment , roads , cinemas - anywhere a romantic couple flees to be alone . ” For as everyone knew , the police and the ...
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Conquest 1430 | 17 |
Mosques and Hamams | 32 |
The Arrival of the Sefardim | 46 |
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