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Rebecca
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THE HOUSE BY THE SEA: A Portrait of the Holocaust in Greece |
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THE HOUSE BY THE SEA
In the
years before the Second World War the city of Salonika in Greece was a center
of Sephardic life and culture. But during the war, when Greece was occupied
first by Italy and then by Germany, its Jewish population was systematically
exterminated. So complete was the genocide that few Jewish voices remained
to speak of the terrible loss. Now Rebecca Fromer tells the story of one
who did survive: Elia Aelion, whose experience represents the larger story
of the tragedy of the Greek Holocaust.
“This poignant recollection reflects ... the anguish and the agony
that Jews, singled out by the enemy for their Jewishness, had to endure
during the Holocaust.” “Too little is known in the English speaking world regarding the
tragedy of Greek Jews during the Holocaust and the destruction of the
much vaunted Jewish community of Salonika. Therefore, [The House by
the Sea] … is all the more welcome. The words are few, the passion
deep, the history intense, and the experience of anguish and survival
captured with skill and charm.“ This publication
was made possible thanks to a generous grant by the Maurice Amado Foundation.
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REBECCA CAMHI FROMER, cofounder of the Judah L. Magnes Memorial Museum in
Berkeley, California, is also the author of The Holocaust Odyssey of
Daniel Bennahmias, Sonderkommando. A teacher, poet, and playwright,
she is married with one daughter. She lives in Berkeley.
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