THESSALONIKI The Jerusalem of The Balkans by George P . Achillias and Maria Christina Golna
THESSALONIKIThe Jerusalem of The Balkans
by George P. Achillias and Maria Christina Golna
... FACTS
• an amazing community before WWII
• Jewish people, city’s front line runners
• creators, dreamers, doers
... MORE FACTS
• open minded people
• able to travel, to lead, to handle
• unique way to make a place, the center of the region, of the mediterranean world
value creators
...JEWISH PEOPLE•were the machine and the gas of the force driving forward the city of Thessaloniki
... NOW• faded history
• hidden paths
• closed books
• unrevealed stories
... TODAY
• vision
• people beyond conservative approaches
• people love their city, as people from their city
• eager to appreciate and learn about what the city has to offer
young people love their city admire people address communitiesask for more
... AIM
• make locals aware of their history
• reconnect Jewish people with the city
• make the city, a cultural destination
• reveal the magic
make Thessaloniki, what it was, and it can be,
a Jewish Historic
Metropolis
WHAT IT WAS, AND IT CAN BE
find your own path in “The Jerusalem of the Balkans”
... THE PROJECT
... HOW
• live the city through the jewish history
• city’s jewish paths
• discover hidden places
• find out corners ( houses, holy places, schools)
... HOW
• connect today with the past
• enlighten the future
• make the city again a jewish place to visit
... HOW
• organize hosting facilities, make them Jewish oriented
• the city has its Jewish side, language
• hotels offer long weekend
... HOW
build a mobile app about the way to walk and discover the city
create an iPad app, with content, pictures, articles about the city
create a network of stores offering discounts to visitorsgive the city a chance to love more its multicultural history
... THE WAY TO DO THINGS
Thessaloniki lives her Jewish tradition and history
Celebration of major Jewish days, festivities
... MEMORIES
Jewish people discover a city of their ancestors
Greeks find even more reasons to be proud of this city
Community drives, connects, wires, provides,gives, sharesmemories, storiesvalues
public and private architecture &a revolutionary educational system
... A DAY TO COME
where People will spend their days,
in the most amazing city for them, in the region
where past will become
a promising future
... WHY
to discover what it is hiddento appreciate what it worthsto admire what it countsto bring closer amazing peopleto give people back their city