Haaretz | 70 years on, Greek survivor recalls 'red sky over Birkenau' GlobalPost Heinz Kounio was put aboard the first train to transfer Jews from the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki to the Auschwitz death camp on March 15, 1943. As Greece held solemn ceremonies to mark the 70th anniversary of the forced deportations, the ... Greek prime minister vows crackdown on neo-Nazis Greek Jews commemorate deportation to Auschwitz Thousands march in Greek city to mark Jewish WWII deportations |