Corfu 2 · Jul 2021

Corfu Synagogue Holocaust memorial plaque

A memorial plaque in Corfu's Jewish quarter honouring the 2,000 Jews of Corfu deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau in June 1944, listing all the family names; the story credits @kamarella.portaspilea in Corfu Old Town.

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Scuola Greca SynagogueThe only one of Corfu's four synagogues to survive the war; a plaque memorializes the 2,000 Jews deported in 1944.

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ΣΤΗ ΜΝΗΜΗ ΤΩΝ 2000 ΕΒΡΑΙΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΚΕΡΚΥΡΑΣ ΠΟΥ ΧΑΘΗΚΑΝ ΣΤΑ ΝΑΖΙΣΤΙΚΑ ΣΤΡΑΤΟΠΕΔΑ ΣΥΓΚΕΝΤΡΩΣΗΣ ΤΟΥ ΑΟΥΣΒΙΤΣ ΚΑΙ ΜΠΙΡΚΕΝΑΟΥ ΤΟΝ ΙΟΥΝΙΟ ΤΟΥ 1944 IN MEMORY OF THE 2000 JEWS OF CORFU WHO PERISHED IN THE NAZI CONCETRATION CAMPS OF AUSHWITZ AND BIRKENAU IN JUNE OF 1944 לזכרם של יהודי קורפו די"ד אשר הושמדו בתקופת השואה ב- 1944 ΟΝΟΜΑΤΑ ΟΙΚΟΓΕΝΕΙΩΝ FAMILY NAMES Aaron Aboaf Akko Alchavas Amar Asias Asser Balestra Bakkolas Baruch Belleli Benakim Ben Giat Besso Cavaliero Cesana Coen Dalmedigos Dentes Etan Elia Eliezer Eskapas Ferro Forte Gani Gerson Gikas Haim Hazan Israel Jessula Johanna Kolonimos Koulias Konstantini Lemous Leoncini Lesonas Levi Mandolin Matathias Mazza Minerbo Mizan Mizrahi Mordo Moustaki Nacamouli Nahmias Nacson Negrin Nikokiris Osmo Ovadia Perez Pitson Politi Raphael Razon Romano Sardas Sasen Semos Serneine Sinigalia Sussis Shoel Varon Ventura Vital Vitali Vivante Zaccar DEDICATED BY THE JEWS OF CORFU AND THEIR DESCENDENTS ON JUNE 10, 2002 @kamarella.portaspilea