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Remembering the longest journey to Auschwitz – the deportation of Rhodes’ Jews decimated a small but vibrant community with centuries of Mediterranean history

  • Written by Devin Naar, Assciate Professor of History and Jewish Studies and Chair of the Sephardic Studies Program, University of Washington
Remembering the longest journey to Auschwitz – the deportation of Rhodes’ Jews decimated a small but vibrant community with centuries of Mediterranean historyA postcard from the turn of the century showing the Jewish neighborhood of Rhodes.History & Art Images via Getty Images

In the Old Town of Rhodes, a picturesque tourist destination in the Aegean Sea, stands a monument to a dark period in the island’s past. In the former “Djuderia,” the Jewish quarter, a marble obelisk...

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