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Vice-President Schinas attends commemoration of deportation of Jews from Thessaloniki during World War II

On 19 March, Margaritis Schinas, Vice-President for Promoting Our European Way of Life, joint the President of Greece and the Jewish community in a silent march commemorating the murder of the Jews of Thessaloniki.

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date:  21/03/2022

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At the occassion, he said in a tweet:

„It is 80 years since the departure of the first train from Thessaloniki to the hell of Auschwitz that destroyed the historic community of our Jewish fellow citizens. With the President of the Republic and the people of Thessaloniki, Greece and Europe together: We remember, we honor, we don't forget.“

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