What I can see

In the area of the Aristotle University we see the Jewish monument, which was designed by the architect Konstantinos Lentaris. It consists of a sarcophagus, a bronze seven-light lamp, scattered marble plaques with Jewish symbols, a bronze Star of David and 5 marble plaques, which indicate the year of construction and remind that the Jewish cemetery was here.

What I can't see

It has been vandalized many times by far-right anti-Semites. The first Jewish graves in the area of today’s university were created during the Roman era, but developed as a cemetery during the Middle Ages, with the arrival of the Sephardic Jews. The destruction of the cemetery began in the Ottoman years, continued by Greek anti-Semites and culminated during the Nazi occupation. The few graves that survived were transported after the war.

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• Address: AUTh Campus

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