Kesher Talk

Jews in odd places: Greece: Greek President Costis Stefanopoulos will unveil a monument to the Greek Jews killed in the 1940-1941 war, at 12 noon local time today, in the Jewish cemetery in Stavroupoli.

The leader of the opposition will also attend the unveiling ceremony.

According to information from the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki, 12,898 Greek Jews enlisted in that war, of whom 343 were officers. The casualties were 513 dead and 5,743 wounded. The 50th and 63rd regiments mainly consisted of Jews from Thessaloniki and other regions of Macedonia.

posted by William @ 10/27/2003 08:17:41 AM