Thessaloniki: Wreath-laying at the monument to the Jewish victims of Nazism by SYRIZA
Thursday 27 January 2022, 20:20
Wreaths at the Holocaust memorial in Eleftherias Square in Thessaloniki, were laid by SYRIZA-PS. Thessaloniki, the SYRIZA Youth and the municipal party “Thessaloniki Together”, on the occasion of the 77th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
In their statements, SYRIZA executives spoke about the historical load of Eleftherias Square, as from there
The “Black Saturday” of July 11, 1942, the martyrdom began and was followed by the persecution and extermination, in the Nazi crematoria, of the Jews of the city by the Nazi occupation forces.
“We honor the memory of our undefeated Jewish fellow citizens and promote the demand that Eleftherias Square become a place of memory and green and not a parking lot, giving the message to the new generations that we must not forget what happened in the past so that it never happens again in the future. . “no more fascism, no more Nazism”, said the municipal councilor of Thessaloniki, Eleftheria Kalfakakou.
The need to “justify the memory” by claiming debts for the crimes committed by the Nazis during the occupation, spoke the former MP, Triantaphyllos Mitafidis and added that the administration of the municipality must quickly implement its commitment to convert . Eleftherias square in a space of memory.
SYRIZA officials remained in front of the monument for an hour along with members of the youth, holding banners with slogans against Nazism and fascism.