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Tombstones from cemetery destroyed by Nazis return to Jewish community of Thessaloniki

April 6, 2022 Greece, Politics 3

Marble tombstones from the former Jewish cemetery destroyed by the Nazis in Thessaloniki were returned to the Jewish community. At a ceremony on Tuesday, the tombstones were presented to David Nahmias, representative of the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki by local political and archaeological authorities. The tombstones dated to early 20th …

Local authorities destroy Ottoman-era Muslim cemetery for a football pitch

March 18, 2022 Society, Very Mix 1

The Muslims minority in north-eastern Greece is in outrage and has condemned with one voice the destruction of the Ottoman-era Muslim cemetery Horozlu in the village Peteinos in Xanthi prefecture. The local municipality of Avdira wants to turn the field where the cemetery from the 17th century is located into …

Vandals destroy 3,000-year-old rock carvings in Northern Greece

January 9, 2020 Archeology, Culture 1

Archaeologists and historians are lamenting the destruction of several 3,000-year-old rock carvings on the Pangaion Hills near Kavala in northern Greece and calling for measures to protect the remaining samples of this ancient art. According to state-run news agency amna, unknown vandals have scraped several carvings depicting human figures, animals, …

Golden Dawn ballots destroyed with antiseptic by unknown perpetrators

May 19, 2019 Greece Comments Off on Golden Dawn ballots destroyed with antiseptic by unknown perpetrators

Unknown perpetrators have destroyed the whole load of municipality elections ballots of the far-right party Golden Dawn in the suburb of Kallithea, south Athens. The perpetrators used antiseptic Bedatine that soaked into the 92,000 ballot papers thus destroying them completely. According to local media, the incident took place short before …

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