Trace the movement of Jews after the Inquisitions to Salonica where they contributed to developing a rich and innovative culture under the Ottomans. Decline of their culture began after Hellenisation in the early twentieth century and was all but eradicated with the Holocaust. A few places remain there today which you can visit to imagine an earlier era.

DELIVERY MODE

• Hybrid (Face-to-Face & Online simultaneously)

COURSE OUTLINE

• Ottomans welcome Jewish refugees from the Inquisitions
• Jewish contribution to a rich cosmopolitan city known as Little Israel
• Greeks take control and then the Nazis eradicate Jewish culture

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Describe the Jewish contribution to a thriving city
2. Explain how events in the twentieth century all but eliminated any evidence of Jewishness