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 107
... political emigré called Pylyp Orlyk . After years fighting against the Muscovite tsars , Orlyk fled first to Swe- den , and then passed through central Europe to the relative safety of the Ottoman lands . On 2 November 1722 - in the ...
... political emigré called Pylyp Orlyk . After years fighting against the Muscovite tsars , Orlyk fled first to Swe- den , and then passed through central Europe to the relative safety of the Ottoman lands . On 2 November 1722 - in the ...
Page 411
... political figure in the city was thus prepared to forfeit his support and waste valuable political capital by speaking out on behalf of the Jews , not least since Merten had already made it clear to everyone that this was a matter ...
... political figure in the city was thus prepared to forfeit his support and waste valuable political capital by speaking out on behalf of the Jews , not least since Merten had already made it clear to everyone that this was a matter ...
Page 422
... political appointee , instructed it to ignore court instructions to hand properties back . Douros was reassigned to his old job running the city's mortgage office and publicly protested accusations of collaboration , claiming he had ...
... political appointee , instructed it to ignore court instructions to hand properties back . Douros was reassigned to his old job running the city's mortgage office and publicly protested accusations of collaboration , claiming he had ...
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Conquest 1430 | 17 |
Mosques and Hamams | 32 |
The Arrival of the Sefardim | 46 |
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