Greek city marks 80th anniversary of Auschwitz train convoy

Greece marks 80th anniversary of first deportation of Greek Jews to Auschwitz

Hundreds march to Thessaloniki's old train station, where expulsion began; approximately 46,000 taken to death camp in 1943, just 1,950 survived

Greek city marks 80th anniversary of Auschwitz train convoy

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greece’s second-largest city, Thessaloniki, commemorated on Sunday the 80th anniversary of the departure of the first train convoy for the Auschwitz camp. Officials, led by President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, marched from Eleftherias (“Freedom”) Square, where members of the city’s Jewish community were rounded up by the German occupying forces, to the city’s Old Train Station, where they laid red carnations on the tra…

Greek city marks 80th anniversary of Auschwitz train convoy

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) -- Greece's second-largest city, Thessaloniki, commemorated on Sunday the 80th anniversary of the departure of the first train convoy for the Auschwitz camp.

Greek city marks 80th anniversary of Auschwitz train convoy

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greece’s second-largest city, Thessaloniki, commemorated on Sunday the 80th anniversary of the departure of the first train convoy for the Auschwitz camp.

Greek city marks 80th anniversary of Auschwitz train convoy

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greece’s second-largest city, Thessaloniki, commemorated on Sunday the 80th anniversary of the departure of the first train convoy for the Auschwitz camp.

Greek city marks 80th anniversary of Auschwitz train convoy

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greece’s second-largest city, Thessaloniki, commemorated on Sunday the 80th anniversary of the departure of the first train convoy for the Auschwitz camp.