Heroes of Salonika

A moving and monumental film that sheds light on the practically unknown destruction that befell Jews in the Greek city of Thessaloniki during the Holocaust.


Synopsis

A moving and monumental film that sheds light on the practically unknown destruction that befell Jews in the Greek city of Thessaloniki during the Holocaust. The last survivors of the Salonica community from the Auschwitz extermination camp look straight into the camera and tell the story of the largest JewishSephardic-exiles from Spain-community in the Balkans simply and candidly.

Film Festivals

LAGFF 2021 Nominee Orpheus Award–Best Documentary Film
Los Angeles Greek Film Festival 2021

Year
2020

Director:
Tom Baraky

Producer:
Yigal Pomerantz