Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece

With the slogan #WeRemember, the facade of the Greek Parliament was lit up on Friday as part of the global events held to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

In the leadup to International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KIS) underlined the responsibility to pass on the memory of the Holocaust "so that the darkness of oblivion does not prevail over the light of memory and hope."

Seventy-eight years after the deportation of Kos' Jews by the Nazis and their murder in Auschwitz, the Dodecanese island's synagogue reopened its doors on Sunday, following extensive renovations.

Seventy-eight years after the deportation of Kos' Jews by the Nazis and their murder in Auschwitz, the Dodecanese island's synagogue will reopen its doors on Sunday, following extensive renovations.

The Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KIS) has congratulated Greek Police (ELAS) and the country's intelligence agency (EYP) for preventing a terrorist attack planned against at least one Jewish site in Athens.

"Thanks to the methodical work and timely intervention of the security forces, dozens of human lives were saved," KIS said in a statement.

In the leadup to International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KIS) has said that the responsibility to pass on the memory of the Holocaust "is a sacred mission."

In a statement, the KIS noted that this year marks the 80th anniversary of the deportation of Jews from the German and Bulgarian occupation zones of Greece.

The Ambassador of Israel to Greece Noam Katz and the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KIS) condemned the latest defacing of a mural in Thessaloniki marking the deportation of the city's Jewish community to Nazi death camps.

Greece's new health minister, Thanos Plevris, on Wednesday afternoon issued an apology for past statements he made as the defense counsel for his father, whom critics in the country and abroad consider a Holocaust denier, and following a same-day critical announcement by the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KIS).

Unknown assailants vandalized the Holocaust Monument in the city of Drama, northern Greece, on the night of December 28, the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KISE) said on Wednesday, while condemning the act.

The perpetrators sprayed a black cross and broke the base of marble at the base of the monument.

In its message for this year's Pessach (Passover), the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KIS) on Tuesday extended its wishes to healthcare professionals and those who have contracted Covid-19.

"Our thoughts are with our fellow citizens who are sick and we pray so that God helps them 'pass over' from the loneliness of pain to the joy of life," KIS said in a press release.