To: sdk7x7
Even many Jews have short memories or are ignorant of their own history. The history of Greece is interwoven with the Jews since pre-Christian era: For example, Rhodes and Thessaloniki (Salonika) would never have become western cultural havens without their substantial Jewish populations before WWII. Further, a disproportionately high number of Greek Army generals and officers were Jewish and it was the Greek army that was among the bravest when fighting the Nazis.
To: masadaman
Even many Jews have short memories or are ignorant of their own history. The history of Greece is interwoven with the Jews since pre-Christian era...
...such as the massacre of the Jewish population of Alexandria for their crime of wanting to become citizens of that Greek colony, or the desecration of Jewish temples.
51 posted on
07/13/2006 8:52:14 AM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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To: masadaman
No, it isn't all Jews who are ignorant of their own history. Its the ignorant individuals, most who are not even Jewish, who have no clue not only of Jewish but Greek history it seems. The children of Greek-Jews who escaped Greece know very well how interwoven Hellenic and Jewish relationships really are.
"The Jews of Zakynthos have never forgotten their Mayor or their beloved Bishop and what they did for us." ~The first boat to arrive with aid to the victims of the 1953 earthquake which hit Greece was from Israel, with the message read above
58 posted on
07/18/2006 2:45:02 PM PDT by
apro
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