Jewish Monument of A.U.Th.
The Jewish Monument of AUTh honours the city's Jewish community and keeps the memory of their Nazi-destroyed cemetery at this place.
Modern and Contemporary era (1912 - )
2014 The monument was inaugurated on November 9.
Ottoman era (1453- 1912)
Byzantine era (331 AC- 1453)
Roman era (30 BC- 330 AC)
Hellenistic era (322- 31 BC)
Classical era (478-323 BC)
Archaic era (800-479 BC)
Geometric era (-1100- 800 BC)
Prehistory (-1100 BC)
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.
Info
- Address: AUTh Campus
Bibliography
https://parallaximag.gr/anakalypste-ta-glypta-tis-polis-mnimeio-palaiou-evraikou-nekrotafeiou-tou-konstantinou-lentaris-37862
Last visit 17/10/2022
