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From the Ottoman Empire to Auschwitz: Sephardic Jews and the Holocaust
Sun, Jan 18
|LIVE EVENT
This lecture will explore the distinctive processes of destruction, possibilities of survival, and the echoes of the memory of this once great community. Presented by Wexner Scholar Professor Devin E. Naar.
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Time & Location
Jan 18, 2026, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. PST
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About the Act
SPONSOR / PRESENTER: Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver
DATE / TIME: Sunday, January 18th, 2026 7PM Pacific Time
Location: To be emailed to all registrants a day before the event.
Although often omitted from standard accounts of the Holocaust, the Jews of
Greece suffered one of the highest mortality rates of any Jewish community under Nazi
occupation. The largest of all Ladino-speaking communities, Salonica (Thessaloniki),
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