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All the Points of the Athenian Walk

Beth Shalom Synagogue

The central synagogue of the Jewish Community of Athens. Its foundations were laid in 1935, its construction was completed in 1940, and the first service...

Etz Chaim Synagogue

The Romanian Synagogue of Athens was built between 1903 and 1905 and is one of the oldest synagogues in the city.

Psychiko (22 Yiasemion Street)

Moses meets with Yakoel and Merkezis and they begin organizing the escape.

September 1943

The meeting between Rabbi Elias Barzilai of Athens and SS Captain Dieter Wisliceny...

Jewish Museum of Greece

It was founded in 1977 by Nikolaos Stavroulakis and was initially housed on Vasilissis Sofias Avenue.

Block 15, Haidari Concentration Camp

Block 15 of the Haidari camp was the SS detention and torture center for Jews...

Merlin Street 6

The Gestapo had set up its headquarters here in Athens...

Stadiou & Edouard Lou

Asher Moses waited for Barzilai to convey to him...

First Consulate of Israel in Greece

Israel's first consulate in Athens was established on Filellinon Street...

Holocaust Memorial

The monument was created in 2010 by sculptor Anna Magana with a donation from the Alazraki couple...

The Synagogue of the Ancient Agora of Athens

Ένα από τα σημαντικότερα αρχαιολογικά ευρήματα που επιβεβαιώνουν την εβραϊκή παρουσία...

Jewish Cemetery A' Athens

The First Cemetery of Athens, which has been in operation since 1837, has a separate Jewish section where...

Monument to the Righteous Among the Nations

The monument was erected in 2016 by the Jewish Community of Athens and Thessaloniki, in collaboration with Yad Vashem.

Karaiskaki I First Synagogue

Karaiskaki I First Synagogue

Jewish Merchants in Kapnikarea

There was a strong Jewish commercial presence on Kapnikarea Street, near the church of Panagia Kapnikarea.

Original Location of the Etz Chain Synagogue

Evis 4 – Yousouroum, First Address Ets Haim (1886-1905)

Alirnassou 26

Barzilai's house, from where he was abducted by the EAM and taken...

Yusurum / Abyssinia Square

The name “Yousouroum” comes from the Jewish merchant Yousouroum, who opened a shop in the area.

Apostle Paul at the Areios Pagos

At the Areopagus, as part of his missionary career, the Apostle Paul delivered...

Agrinio & free mountainous Greece

Via Agrinio, Barzilai ended up in free areas, escaping arrest.

Written letter

Barzilai gave the EAM people a letter written in Hebrew...