Thessoloniki events

By alexjacobp.3
  • 1519

    Jews were half the population of thessaloniki. 1519

    Jews made up half of the population in thessaloniki.

  • Issac Molho opens first bookstore.

    First bookstore was open, and lasted a while

  • In war, Thessaloniki came apart of more than greece.

  • The great fire of thessaloniki

    Destroyed half of the city, and also the first bookstore.

  • Massive population exchange with turkey.

  • First time in history for thessaloniki there was a anti-semtic riot.

  • Italian fascists invading greece.

  • Mohlo was forced to sell his bookstore to a greek man (nazi collaborator)

  • German arriving in thesoloniki.

  • Germans occupied thessaloniki.

  • Jews were forced to wear the yellow stars.

  • A man named nary from the italian consulate helped the sisters and father escape to athens.

  • Germans abandoned greece, heading north

  • She sailed to thessaloniki and found solon recovering in hospital