The adult Jewish male population of the city of Salonika is assembled in Eleftheria (Freedom) Square by German troops, where they are being forced to stand in the summer heat for an entire day.
Overview
- Caption
- The adult Jewish male population of the city of Salonika is assembled in Eleftheria (Freedom) Square by German troops, where they are being forced to stand in the summer heat for an entire day.
- Date
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1942 July 11
- Locale
- Salonika, [Macedonia] Greece
- Variant Locale
- Thessaloniki
Saloniki
Salonica
Solun - Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of David Sion
- Event History
- In the first large scale public action against the Jews of Salonika, General Kurt von Krenzski, the commander of German forces in northern Greece, ordered all adult Jewish men to assemble on Eleftheria (Freedom) Square on the morning of 11 July 1942 to register for work details. Instead of receiving work assignments, however, the nearly 10,000 men were kept standing in the sun for the entire day while German and Italian soldiers humiliated them in front of the non-Jewish population by forcing them to perform calisthenics and other distasteful tasks. Those who collapsed from the heat and exhaustion were beaten by the troops or doused with cold water and again made to stand.
https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005422.
Rights & Restrictions
- Photo Source
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumProvenance: David SionJewish Museum of Greece
Copyright: Exclusively with sourceSource Record ID: 5I/4Panstwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau w Oswiecimiu
Copyright: Agency AgreementYad Vashem Photo and Film Archives
Copyright: Agency AgreementSource Record ID: YV 089C08Beit Lohamei Haghetaot (Ghetto Fighters’ House Museum)
Copyright: Agency AgreementSource Record ID: 12821
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- 2003-01-09 00:00:00
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