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Postwar view of a church in Salonika constructed in part from Jewish tombstones.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 00832

Postwar view of a church in Salonika constructed in part from Jewish tombstones.

The original caption reads "Tombstones taken by Greeks for part of church."

Overview

Caption: Postwar view of a church in Salonika constructed in part from Jewish tombstones.

The original caption reads "Tombstones taken by Greeks for part of church."
Date: 1946
Locale: Salonika, [Macedonia] Greece
Variant Locale: Thessaloniki
Saloniki
Salonica
Solun
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of American Jewish University

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: American Jewish University

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: CHURCHES/CHAPELS DESECRATION GRAVES/MARKERS/TOMBSTONES VIEWS
Photo Designation: LIBERATION -- Greece

Record last modified:: 2017-06-22 00:00:00
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