Thessaloniki Marks 83 Years Since First Death Train.

Today, the city of Thessaloniki held a solemn memorial march to commemorate the anniversary of the first train departure to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in 1943. The event honors the nearly 50,000 Jewish citizens of Thessaloniki who were deported during the Nazi occupation, a tragedy that decimated one of Europe's most vibrant Sephardic communities. Local officials and survivors' descendants gathered at the Old Railway Station, emphasizing the importance of digital archives and education to ensure the city's multicultural history is never forgotten.

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