Thessaloniki was for hundreds of years a jewish metropolis. Ever since 1492 Thessaloniki has been called “Jerusalem of the Balkans” and was, once upon a time, home to thousands of Sephardic Jews who made this city their home. Until the Nazi occupation of the 1940s, the jewish population of Thessaloniki was the most prominent on all aspects of life: from social to commercial. The jewish community of Thessaloniki would build dozens of synagogues, publish newspapers and dominate the markets of the city, leaving a mark in the topography of this place.

In this Jewish History Tour of the city we are going to visit and understand the Jewish past of Thessaloniki. From the Synagogue to the Jewish museum and from the Holocaust Memorial to the old jewish neigbourhoods, we are going to unravell the jewish history of “Le Madre de Israel”.

If you have any questions about the itinerary of Jewish History Tour, feel free to contact me directly.