in detail
The memorial is at the intersection of Soutsou and Karamanli Streets in the city centre.
Until September 1943, Ioannina was under Italian occupation. After Italy capitulated and the German Wehrmacht took over the Italian occupation zone, the German occupiers began to seize and deport the Jews here as well.
On 25 March 1944, all the Jewish inhabitants of Ioannina, 1,850 men, women and children, were herded to the quay by the lake, loaded onto trucks and taken to Larissa, and from there by train to the AuschwitzBirkenau extermination camp.
The dedication celebrations for the memorial took place from 23 to 25 September 1994. It is directly opposite the gate in the wall of the old Jewish quarter.
On 25 March 1944, all the Jewish inhabitants of Ioannina were taken in trucks to Larissa and deported from there by train to Auschwitz-Birkenau. The memorial, which is at the wall of the old Jewish quarter, was unveiled in 1994 and honours the memory of the 1.850 victims.
25 March 1944
All the Jewish inhabitants of Ioannina arrested and deported via Larissa to Auschwitz-Birkenau
23-25 September 1994
Inauguration ceremonies for the memorial
Ioannina, 2004, overview of the memorial to the deported Jews, Alexios-Nikolaos Menexiadis.
Ioannina, 2004, inscription on the memorial in remembrance of the 1,850 deported Jews, Alexios-Nikolaos Menexiadis.
Ioannina, 2004, translation of the dedication of the memorial, Alexios-Nikolaos Menexiadis.
