Menorah in flames (Thessaloniki)
Menorah in flames is a sculpture created in
Holocaust memorial commemorating deportation of the Thessaloniki Jews
.
The sculpture, initially built in a suburban area has been installed since 2006 on Eleftherias Square where a major roundup of 9,000 Jewish men took place in 1942.[1]
It was the first Holocaust memorial to be built on a public space in Greece and its installation marks a change of attitude of Greek officials towards the remembrance of the Holocaust.[1] The monument is regularly vandalized.
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