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  Holocaust Memorial in Ioannina, Greece, 1994

© Samuel D. Gruber, Photographer: Gruber, Samuel D., 2022

Who is Commemorated?

The 1,850 Jews of Ioannina arrested, deported and murdered in the Holocaust

Description:

A concrete slab base is surrounded by bushes and a low metal fence. Rising from it are two overlapping concrete slavs, the one in front being the wider of the two. Affixed to the front slab are three levels of relief sculpture, each seeming to depict an unfurled cloth or scroll (possibly a Torah Scroll).

The bottom "scroll"was originally silver or gold based on older photos, but is now partially painted black. The design has a cylindrical element overlapping a silver ribbon-like design in the center. The sculptor's signature is inscribed in the upper right corner of this "scroll".

The middle “scroll” is silver-colored metal and includes a relief of a seven-branch menorah above a commemorative inscription in Greek.

The top “scroll” is also silver-colored, but is similar to the lower one in design, with a cylindrical element overlapping a ribbon design.

Next to the monument (to the left as one looks at the front) is a metal pole with a rectangular sign that provides an English translation of the Greek text. This was added at a later date.

Inscriptions

On monument:

ΣΤΗ ΜΝΗΜΗ ΤΩΝ 1850 ΕΒΡΑΙΩΝΝ ΣΥΜΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ ΜΑΣ

ΠΟΥ ΣΥΝΕΛΗΦΘΗΣΑΝ ΣΤΙΣ 25 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ 1944 ΚΑΙ

ΕΞΟΝΤΩΘΗΚΑΝ ΣΤΑ ΝΑΖΙΣΤΙΚΑ ΣΤΡ/ΔΑ ΣΥΓΚΕΝΤΡΩΣΕΩΣ

Ο ΔΗΜΟΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΙΝΩΝ

Translation: In memory of our 1850 Jewish cohabitants / arrested on March 25, 1944 / and murdered in the Nazi concentration camps / Ioannina Municipality

Commissioned by

Municipality of Ioannina

Central Board of Jewish Communities of Greece (KIS)

Summary and Remarks

Each year on January 27, Holocaust Memorial Day in Greece, a commemorative ceremony is held at the monument.

Remarks

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Name/Title
Holocaust Memorial in Ioannina | Unknown
Object Detail
Monument Setting
Date
1994
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Concrete (painted black)
Metal (aluminum?)
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Front vertical slab 2.56 meters high, 1 meter wide

Rear slab 92 cm wide.
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History/Provenance

This monument was dedicated on September 25, 1994. It replaced a smaller memorial on the same spot. The location is just outside the historic Kastro of Ioannina where many Jews lived for centuries, and where an historic synagogue is still located. The area beyond the monument along the lakeshore is where many Jewish Ioannites owned and congregated in cafes, and where they were assembled by the Germans and loaded into trucks when they were deported.

Main Surveys & Excavations
Sources

Kone, Loise and Roula Kone, Jewish-Greek Communities: little Beloved Homes (Volos: The Ladies of the Jewish Community of Volos, 2006)
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Author of description
Samuel D. Gruber | 2022
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Computer Reconstruction
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