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 325
... refugees broke into a Turkish - owned dairy and stole some large cheeses , leaving behind an apologetic note : " It isn't death that frightens us , only hunger / and our children , who are starving too . " After other refugees bought ...
... refugees broke into a Turkish - owned dairy and stole some large cheeses , leaving behind an apologetic note : " It isn't death that frightens us , only hunger / and our children , who are starving too . " After other refugees bought ...
Page 338
... refugee families who have been abandoned ... lying on the cold cement without even bedding . " " 26 October 1922 : the refugees who remained in the open air , by the quay , fearing they might die of the cold and rain , managed yesterday ...
... refugee families who have been abandoned ... lying on the cold cement without even bedding . " " 26 October 1922 : the refugees who remained in the open air , by the quay , fearing they might die of the cold and rain , managed yesterday ...
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... refugees settling in the towns , the Greek authorities tried to direct the majority to the countryside . With the aid of the League of Nations , a Refugee Settle- ment Commission began constructing villages and farms , and so - called " ...
... refugees settling in the towns , the Greek authorities tried to direct the majority to the countryside . With the aid of the League of Nations , a Refugee Settle- ment Commission began constructing villages and farms , and so - called " ...
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Conquest 1430 | 17 |
Mosques and Hamams | 32 |
The Arrival of the Sefardim | 46 |
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