The Shoah (1939–1945)
Roundup of the Jews of Larissa
mars 1944·Larissa
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A city of Thessaly, Larissa sees its Jews summoned one spring morning on the pretext of a census, then retained and taken to the transit camp near the capital, from which convoys depart for the extermination camp.
Larissa, capital of Thessaly, was home to a Romaniote community of very ancient standing, Greek-speaking and maintaining its own rites, which had been joined over time by Sephardic families. It had its great synagogue, its schools and mutual aid societies, and its merchants had long held an established place in the market of the plain. In the spring, the Germans, who had replaced the Italians in the zone, rounded up the Jews of Larissa and transported them by rail northward, then onward to the extermination center. A part of the community had managed to reach the villages and the resistance in the mountains.
- Period :
- The Shoah (1939–1945)
- Type :
- Shoah
- Region :
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Country :
- Grèce
Pinkas Hakehillot Yavan ; Yad Vashem, base des communautés.