On Wednesday, April 5 at 12:15 p.m., a historic memorial service for the victims of the Holocaust will take place at the venue of the Railway Carriage Theater to Treno sto Rouf.

 

In April 1944, trains departed from Rouf Railway Station carrying our Jewish fellow citizens from Athens and other Greek cities to the extermination camps. The same site, deeply charged with historical memory, now becomes a place of reflection and tribute, recalling one of the most tragic chapters of modern history.

 

The speakers at the event will be:

 

The representative of the Jewish Community of Athens, Mr. Aris Emmanouil
Professor of Public History at Panteion University, Mr. Theocharis Athanasiadis
Educator and Member of the Board of the Glinos Foundation, Mr. Kostas Therianos

 

The invitation follows:

 

We invite you to the historic Holocaust memorial service we are organizing on Wednesday, April 5, at 12:15 p.m., at the venue “Amaxostichia–Theatre To Treno sto Rouf,” Rouf Railway Station, Konstantinoupoleos Ave. & Amfipoleos St.

 

In April 1944, trains departed from Rouf Railway Station to transport our Jewish compatriots from Athens and other cities to the “death camps.”

 

At the historic Holocaust memorial service, remarks will be delivered by the representative of the Jewish Community of Athens, Mr. Aris Emmanouil; Professor of Public History at Panteion University, Mr. Theocharis Athanasiadis; and educator and Board Member of the “Glinos Foundation,” Mr. Kostas Therianos.

 

We look forward to honoring the memory of our innocent fellow citizens who were exterminated by the Nazis.

 

The Mayor of Moschato–Tavros
Andreas Efthymiou