Moshe Ha-Elion
Thessaloniki marks 75th anniversary of deportation of Jews
Moshe Haelion, a 93-year old Jewish survivor of the Holocaust, takes part in a memorial marking the 75th anniversary of the first deportation of Jews from Thessaloniki to Auschwitz, in Thessaloniki, Sunday. [Alexandros Avramidis/Reuters]
Ride aboard the Nazi death train on Sunday (photos)
The first train from Greece to Auschwitz Concentration Camp left Greece with 2,800 Jews on board on March 15, 1943. It was a one-way journey for the passengers on the steam engine, LV 964, that day. To commemorate the event 72 years owards, the train will return to the old station of Thessaloniki at 11.30 a.m. on March 15.