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Sunday, March 17, 2013

Soccer Player Celebrates Goal With Nazi Salute

ATHENS, Greece -- AEK Athens midfielder Giorgos Katidis has earned rebukes from politicians, fellow athletes and fans after giving a Nazi salute in celebration of...

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Kidnapped boy snatched by father in Greece, home again in Indiana


Kidnapped boy snatched by father in Greece, home again in Indiana
Indianapolis Star
A 12-year-old Noblesville boy is on his way back home to Indiana this evening after spending the last 20 months in Greece living with his father, a fugitive who has been charged with international kidnapping. Alissa Zagaris made a whirlwind trip to ...


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Convict holds hostages in Greek prison: report


Convict holds hostages in Greek prison: report
GlobalPost
A well-known Albanian convicted murderer late Saturday took prison employees hostage at a central Greece jail where he is incarcerated, the country's news agency said. Negotiations are already under way, and the general secretary of the ministry of ...


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Mountaineer: Russian Greek trying to regain best form


Daily Racing Form (press release)

Mountaineer: Russian Greek trying to regain best form
Daily Racing Form (press release)
Russian Greek, the winner of a $100,000 stakes in California last year, and Thunder Lord, the runner-up in a pair of stakes worth $75,000 or more during his last two racing campaigns, bring more than a touch of back class to Monday night's allowance ...


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Jews in Greece mark WWII Nazi deportation

Survivors of the concentration camps, from left Moshe Haelion, Abraham Ashkenazi, Zana Santicario Saatsoglou, President of Thessalonikis Jewish community David Saltiel, and Israel Ambassador Arye Mekel hold a banner that reads in Hebrew :"The organization of death camps survivors from Greece in Israel" in the northern port city , of Thessaloniki, Greece, on Saturday, March 16, 2013. Jewish residents in this northern Greek city have gathered to commemorate the 70th anniversary from the first roundup and deportation of Jews to Nazi extermination camps in World War II. By August 1943, 46,091 Jews had been deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Of those, 1,950 survived. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Jewish residents of this northern Greek city on Saturday marked the 70th anniversary of the roundup and deportation of its Jews to Nazi extermination camps during World War II.



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Jews in Greece mark WWII Nazi deportation





THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Jewish residents of this northern Greek city on Saturday marked the 70th anniversary of the roundup and deportation of its Jews to Nazi extermination camps during World War II.

Several hundred people gathered at Thessaloniki's Freedom Square, where the first group of Jews was rounded up by the occupying German forces on March 15, 1943.

The crowd held a moment of silence, then marched to the city's old railway station, where the first trains departed for the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp complex.

[...] some people look upon this era nostalgically and are bringing back the old Nazi symbols, said David Saltiel, leader of the city's Jewish community.


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Jews in Greek city mark 70th anniversary of roundup and deportation by Nazis


Raw Story

Jews in Greek city mark 70th anniversary of roundup and deportation by Nazis
Washington Post
THESSALONIKI, Greece — Jewish residents of this northern Greek city on Saturday marked the 70th anniversary of the roundup and deportation of its Jews to Nazi extermination camps during World War II. Several hundred people gathered at Thessaloniki's ...
Greek Jews commemorate Auschwitz deportation anniversaryRaw Story
Thousands march in Greek city to mark Jewish WWII deportationsHaaretz
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