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
Heroes of Salonika is 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 Jewish Sephardic (exiles from Spain) community in the Balkans simply and candidly.
Festivals, Screenings, & Awards
Los Angeles Greek Film Festival – Orpheus Award Nomineefor Best Documentary Film
Year
2020
Film Type
Documentary
Film Length
69 minutes
Language
Greek
Hebrew
Production Country
Israel
Director
Tom Baraky
Producer
Yigal Pomerantz
Subject Region
Greece, Germany
Distribution
NOA – International Film Marketing
Funding
Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany