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The Germans agreed to release them for the lesser sum but, in return, demanded that the Greek authorities abandon the Jewish cemetery of Salonica, containing 300,000 [37] to 500,000 [38] graves. Its size and location, they claimed, had long hampered urban growth. The Jews transferred land in the periphery on which there were two graves.
The Jewish cemetery of Salonica was established in the late fifteenth century by Sephardic Jews fleeing the expulsion of Jews from Spain, [1] covered around 350,000 square metres (3,800,000 sq ft) [2] [3] and contained almost 500,000 burials.
Thessaloniki (/ ˌ θ ɛ s ə l ə ˈ n iː k i /; Greek: Θεσσαλονίκη [θesaloˈnici] ⓘ), also known as Thessalonica (/ ˌ θ ɛ s ə l ə ˈ n aɪ k ə, ˌ θ ɛ s ə ˈ l ɒ n ɪ k ə /), Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica (/ s ə ˈ l ɒ n ɪ k ə, ˌ s æ l ə ˈ n iː k ə /), is the second-largest city in Greece, with slightly over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan ...
In c. 1500, there were approximately 3,770 Jews, but by 1519, according to Ottoman archives, the population of Thessaloniki numbered 6,870 Muslims, 6,635 Christians, and 15,715 Jews, the last coming to form 54% of the city's population. Sephardic Jews, Muslims and Greek Orthodox remained the principal groups in the city for the next 400 years ...
In the twelfth century, there were about 2,500 Jews in Constantinople, 2,000 Jews in Thebes and 500 Jews in Thessalonica. Halmyrus , Rhaedestus , Chios , and Rhodes each housed 400 Jews. [ 38 ] Also, there were about 300 Jews each in Corinth and Samos , and 200 Jews in Gallipoli .
Jewish family of Salonica in 1917. Although Jews were spread throughout the Ottoman Empire, the cities of Constantinople (Istanbul) and Salonica, also called Thessaloniki, had Jewish populations of about 20,000 Jewish people by the early 16th century. [17] Salonica was considered the main center of Jewish life in the Ottoman Empire.
The Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki (Greek: Εβραϊκό Μουσείο Θεσσαλονίκης, Ladino: Museo Djudio de Salonik) is a museum in Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece. It displays the history of Sephardic Jews and Jewish life in Thessaloniki. The museum is being run by the Jewish community of the city.
The Monastir Synagogue (Hebrew: קהל קדוש מונאסטירליס; Judaeo-Spanish: Kal de los Monastirlis) is a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue of the once vibrant Jewish community in Thessaloniki, Greece.