THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Jewish residents of this northern Greek city gathered Saturday to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the roundup and deportation of this city's Jews to Nazi extermination camps in World War II.
Several hundred people gathered at the city's Eleftherias (Freedom) Square, where the first batch of Jews were rounded up by the occupying German forces on March 15, 1943.
The crowd held a moment of silence and 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.
Several hundred people gathered at the city's Eleftherias (Freedom) Square, where the first batch of Jews were rounded up by the occupying German forces on March 15, 1943.
The crowd held a moment of silence and 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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