"The exception of Salonika": Bystanders and collaborators in Northern Greece (Greek-Christian reaction and response to Jewish persecution under the German occupation, 1941-1943)

Authors
Citation
A. Apostolou, "The exception of Salonika": Bystanders and collaborators in Northern Greece (Greek-Christian reaction and response to Jewish persecution under the German occupation, 1941-1943), HOLOC GENOC, 14(2), 2000, pp. 165-196
Citations number
42
Categorie Soggetti
History
Journal title
HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE STUDIES
ISSN journal
87566583 → ACNP
Volume
14
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
165 - 196
Database
ISI
SICI code
8756-6583(200023)14:2<165:"EOSBA>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Historians have largely overlooked Greek-Christian reaction to the persecut ion of Jews in the city of Salonika under the German occupation. The organi zed rescue of Greek Jews in Athens is well known, but the less united Chris tian response in Salonika is not. A number of factors combined to make evas ion difficult for Jews in Salonika. German terrorization of the Christian p opulation discouraged expressions of concern; anti-Semitic elements in the press collaborated with the Germans, as did the provincial administration; and finally, provincial Greek officials in Salonika and German diplomats in Athens cooperated to mislead the collaborationist government itself. The k ey officials involved were Vasilis Simonides, the governor-general of Maced onia, and Gunther Altenburg, Germany's plenipotentiary in Athens.