{"id":6197,"date":"2025-04-07T10:43:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T10:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/07\/culture-minister-lina-mendoni-honours-greek-jewish-victims-of-auschwitz\/"},"modified":"2025-04-07T10:43:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T10:43:13","slug":"culture-minister-lina-mendoni-honours-greek-jewish-victims-of-auschwitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/07\/culture-minister-lina-mendoni-honours-greek-jewish-victims-of-auschwitz\/","title":{"rendered":"Culture Minister Lina Mendoni Honours Greek Jewish Victims Of Auschwitz"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni paid tribute to the memory of 53,000 Greek Jews who perished in the Nazi atrocities at Auschwitz during her visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum in Poland.<\/h3>\n

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Laying wreaths at the Black Wall execution site in Auschwitz I and the Memorial to Greek Jews in Birkenau, Mendoni honoured the victims of the Holocaust, emphasising the enduring lesson of this dark chapter to prevent such horrors from recurring.<\/p>\n

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At the museum, Mendoni learned of the near-total annihilation of Greece\u2019s thriving Jewish community under the Nazis\u2019 \u201cFinal Solution.\u201d Of the 55,000 Greek Jews deported to Auschwitz, 12,000 were deemed fit for labour, while the rest\u2014including 13,000 children\u2014were murdered. Only five children survived, and just 1,900 Greek Jews returned home after the war. Reflecting on her visit in the museum\u2019s guestbook, Mendoni wrote, \u201cIn this place of martyrdom, it\u2019s staggering to realize how knowledge and expertise can lead to inhuman acts. This visit must serve as a profound lesson for humanity to never repeat these tragic mistakes. We bow our heads to the thousands who paid with their lives for others\u2019 violence\u2014a sacrifice that must never be forgotten.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Auschwitz, the largest Nazi camp complex near Krakow, included 44 sites for concentration, extermination, and forced labor, with over 1.3 million lives lost\u201490% of them Jewish. Mendoni was welcomed by Deputy Director Andrzej Kacorzyk and accompanied by Greece\u2019s Ambassador to Warsaw Eleni Kampa, Jewish Museum of Greece<\/a> Director Zanet Battinou, author Giorgos Pilichos, and ministry officials.<\/p>\n

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Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni paid tribute to the memory of 53,000 Greek Jews who perished in the Nazi atrocities at Auschwitz during her visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum in Poland. Laying wreaths at the Black Wall execution site in Auschwitz I and the Memorial to Greek Jews in Birkenau, Mendoni honoured the victims of … <\/p>\n

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