Greek Jews were heavily affected by the Holocaust. Prior to World War
II, some 72,000 to 77,000 Jews lived in Greece, around 50,000 of them in
Salonica. In April 1941, Germany, Italy, and Bulgaria invaded and
occupied Greece. In March 1943, more than 4,000 Jews were deported from
the Bulgarian occupation zone to Treblinka extermination camp. From
15 March through August, almost all of Salonica's Jews were deported to
Auschwitz concentration camp. After the Italian armistice in September
1943, Germany took over the Italian occupation zone. In March 1944,
Athens and other parts of mainland Greece witnessed the deportation of
their Jewish communities. In mid-1944, Jews living in the Greek islands
were targeted. Around 10,000 Jews survived the Holocaust either by going
into hiding, fighting with the Greek resistance, or surviving their
deportation. By 1945, between 83 and 87 percent of Greek Jews had been
murdered, one of the highest proportions in Europe.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust_in_Greece>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1147:
Reconquista: Portuguese troops under King Afonso I captured
the city of Santarém from the Almoravids.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conquest_of_Santar%C3%A9m>
1875:
John McCloskey, the archbishop of New York, was created the
first cardinal from the United States.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCloskey>
1956:
The musical My Fair Lady, based on George Bernard Shaw's play
Pygmalion, debuted at the Mark Hellinger Theatre in New York City.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Fair_Lady>
1990:
Iraqi authorities hanged Iranian freelance reporter Farzad
Bazoft on charges of spying for Israel.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farzad_Bazoft>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
notorious:
1. Senses with an unfavourable connotation.
2. Of a person or entity: generally or widely known for something
negative; infamous.
3. Of an act, situation, etc.: blameworthy in an obvious and offensive
way; blatant, flagrant.
4. Senses with a favourable or neutral connotation.
5. Generally or widely known; of common knowledge; famous or well-known.
6. (obsolete)
7. Clear, evident, obvious.
8. Generally or widely knowable.
9. (obsolete) Synonym of notoriously
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/notorious>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Dissents speak to a future age. It's not simply to say, "My
colleagues are wrong and I would do it this way." But the greatest
dissents do become court opinions and gradually over time their views
become the dominant view. So that's the dissenter's hope: that they are
writing not for today but for tomorrow.
--Ruth Bader Ginsburg
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg>
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