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Holocaust Remembrance Day, Thessaloniki, Greece

Ambassador John Kittmer was the keynote speaker at the commemoration event: 'Through our words of humility we must educate and commemorate'

• From: British Embassy Athens
• Published: 2 February 2015

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Marking the International Holocaust Remembrance Day the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki invited Ambassador John Kittmer to deliver a speech on Sunday 1 February 2015.

” The British Embassy co-organised with the Jewish Community in Thessaloniki a series of events in memory of the Jews of Thessaloniki victims and survivors of the Holocaust, on 24 January 2015. The events were under the auspices of the UK International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Chairmanship which the UK assumed in February 2014.

Speech by Ambassador John Kittmer - Holocaust Remembrance Day, Thessaloniki, Greece

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Ομιλία του Βρετανού Πρέσβη Τζων Κίττμερ - Ημέρα Μνήμης των Ελλήνων Εβραίων Μαρτύρων και Ηρώων του Ολοκαυτώματος - 1/2/2015

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Published 2 February 2015